A variant spelling or edition of Eizo and Matsuomaru, this print continues Sekino's engagement with classical Japanese narrative subjects. As with all his work, no posthumous impressions exist, keeping supply permanently fixed. Expect to pay $250-$800 for this artist-pulled original.
The 1953 version of Sekino's recurring "Eizō and Matsuomaru" subject captures the kabuki scene from "Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy" in which a warrior's sacrifice is bound up with the duties of loyalty and fatherhood. Sekino returned to this subject multiple times across his career, each version refining the emotional blocking of the scene — the rigid posture of suppressed grief, the formal Japanese staging that makes restraint itself the most powerful gesture.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Eizô and Matsuomaru was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎) in 1953.
Eizô and Matsuomaru uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Eizô and Matsuomaru depicts figures, kabuki, and warriors.
