Mitsuke: Stone Embankment Along theRiver
- 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 stone embankment along the Tenryu River at Mitsuke — the engineered infrastructure that controlled the river's flooding and protected the settlement from its annual inundations — appears here as both landscape subject and emblem of the constant negotiation between human settlement and natural force. Sekino's interest in the built landscape of the Tokaido route extends to the less glamorous infrastructure of embankments, fords, and bridges that made travel possible.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mitsuke: Stone Embankment Along theRiver was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Mitsuke: Stone Embankment Along theRiver depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and travel scenes.