Kyoto House captures the elegant architecture of Japan's ancient capital through Sekino's sosaku-hanga approach. Every impression was designed, carved, and printed by the artist himself. This atmospheric subject generally commands $250-$800, with Kyoto subjects having particular appeal for collectors.
The narrow streets and machiya townhouses of Kyoto's traditional residential districts are distilled into a single representative facade in this print. Sekino's Kyoto subjects often focus on architectural detail — the latticed screens, the low eaves, the compressed verticality of urban houses built on expensive land — finding in these domestic structures an aesthetic rigor that parallels his own printmaking discipline.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kyoto House was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Kyoto House uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Kyoto House depicts urban scenes and architecture, set at Kyoto.
