Kusatsu: Entrance to the Tea House
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Typical Price
$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
Description
The station of Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture — the fifty-second station and effectively the last before Kyoto — appears here through the entrance to one of its famous tea houses, the threshold that both welcomed arriving travelers and marked the journey's near-completion. The tea house entry is architectural theater: the curved roof, the noren curtain, the suggestion of warmth and refreshment within after the long walk from Edo.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kusatsu: Entrance to the Tea House was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Kusatsu: Entrance to the Tea House depicts architecture and food & drink.