Portrait of Shiga Naoya
- Date:
- 1967
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
A 1967 woodblock portrait of Shiga Naoya (1883–1971), the novelist known as the "god of the novel" for his mastery of the short-story and novel form in modern Japanese literature. Sekino's portrait of this literary giant — rendered near the end of Shiga's long life — has the quality of a valediction: a face shaped by eight decades of observation and experience, caught in a moment of elderly composure.
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Portrait of Shiga Naoya was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎) in 1967.
Portrait of Shiga Naoya uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Portrait of Shiga Naoya depicts portraits.