Minoguchi Harbor depicts a working port with the graphic clarity that defines Sekino's landscape prints. The maritime subject is relatively uncommon in his oeuvre, giving it additional interest for collectors. Expect to pay $200-$700, with signed and numbered impressions most desirable.
Minoguchi — a small harbor settlement — appears in this woodblock as a study in the geometry of working waterfront architecture: piers, storage sheds, and boats organized by the logic of commerce and tide rather than aesthetic arrangement. Sekino's harbor subjects resist picturesque softening, finding beauty in the functional placement of industrial structures against water and sky.
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.
Minoguchi Harbor was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Minoguchi Harbor uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Minoguchi Harbor depicts landscapes and seascapes.
