My Daughter

This portrait print depicts Sekino's daughter, part of a sustained series of family portraits that the artist produced across his career as expressions of domestic life and personal observation. Sekino's approach to portraiture within the sosaku-hanga tradition prioritizes individual character over generalized beauty, rendering his subjects with specific facial structure and expressive particularity. The composition is likely close and direct, emphasizing the face and perhaps the upper torso, with the background suppressed to keep attention on the figure. Sekino designed, carved, and printed such works entirely himself, making each mark on the woodblock a deliberate expressive choice. The grain of the wood and the absorbency of washi paper contribute subtle surface texture to areas of flat color. These intimate portraits of family members represent one of the most personal dimensions of Sekino's artistic practice.