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Pique Dame by Jun'ichiro Sekino — Japanese Woodblock print

Pique Dame

by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Sōsaku-hanga
FiguresPortraits
Nishiki-eMoku-hangaKentoBarenItame-mokuhanSumi
Medium:
Woodblock print
Edition:
Self-printed
Source:
ukiyo-e.org

Description

"Pique Dame" — the Queen of Spades — refers most famously to Pushkin's novella and Tchaikovsky's opera derived from it, in which a young officer becomes obsessed with an old countess believed to know a winning card combination. Sekino's engagement with this Western literary subject suggests the breadth of his cultural references, the woodblock medium becoming a vehicle for imagery drawn from European Romantic tradition.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Pique Dame was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).

Pique Dame uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.

Pique Dame depicts figures and portraits.