Nihonbashi: Expressway
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
The modern face of Nihonbashi, transformed by the elevated expressway constructed above it in preparation for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics — the highway's concrete pillars now casting the historic bridge into permanent shadow. Sekino's print captures the urban transformation of postwar Tokyo with a mix of observation and melancholy: the old bridge survives beneath the expressway's weight, hidden rather than destroyed, its significance obscured by the infrastructure of economic miracle.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nihonbashi: Expressway was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Nihonbashi: Expressway depicts urban scenes, set at Nihonbashi.
