Queen's Coffin
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
The title's ceremonial weight — a coffin fit for a queen — sits in suggestive tension with a subject rendered in the understated vocabulary of Sekino's woodblock work. The print likely explores the boundary between the theatrical and the funereal, two worlds Sekino knew well through his kabuki imagery. Whether literal or allegorical, the composition brings the gravity of death into contact with the pomp of theatrical spectacle.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Queen's Coffin was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Queen's Coffin depicts kabuki and abstract.