Roof of Kyoto presents the ancient capital from above, turning its traditional roofscape into a rhythmic pattern of tiles and angles. Sekino designed and printed this entire edition personally. Typical market prices fall between $250-$800.
The rooftop skyline of Kyoto — the curved eaves of machiya townhouses, the occasional pagoda pinnacle, the tiled roofs in their serried ranks — provides Sekino with a subject that is both architectural study and urban landscape. The roofscape view is characteristically Japanese as a compositional device, avoiding the panoramic in favor of the accumulated detail of a densely built city seen from just above its own level.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Roof of Kyoto was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Roof of Kyoto uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Roof of Kyoto depicts architecture, set at Kyoto.
