$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
The station of Hara, with its famous view of Mount Fuji reflected in the roof tiles of the town's buildings — the volcano's perfect cone appearing in the glazed ceramic surfaces as a distorted, multiplied image rather than the single canonical view. Sekino's visual wit gives this Fuji view an original twist: the mountain seen through the medium of the town's own architecture, the ordinary made strange by the sacred's unexpected appearance.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hara: Roof-tile Reflections of Mt. Fuji was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Hara: Roof-tile Reflections of Mt. Fuji depicts landscapes, mount fuji, and architecture, set at Mount Fuji.
