Sakanoshita: Morning at the Mountain Top
- 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 station of Sakanoshita in Mie Prefecture, set in the Suzuka Mountains at one of the Tokaido's highest points, appears here at dawn when the morning's first light strikes the mountaintops before descending to the valley. The mountain-top morning was one of the Tokaido's most celebrated visual experiences for early travelers on the road, the light changing rapidly through the colors Sekino's color woodblock can render with particular atmospheric fidelity.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sakanoshita: Morning at the Mountain Top was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Sakanoshita: Morning at the Mountain Top depicts landscapes and mountains.
