
Ancient ox carriage
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
This mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock) print by Jun'ichiro Sekino shows a woman in right-facing profile, her pale, finely outlined face set against a mass of black hair dressed with an elaborate cluster of ornaments — red, pink, yellow, and grey-blue flowers, a butterfly-shaped piece, and trailing pink ribbon strands. She wears a black kimono with a white lattice-patterned collar lined in red; across the lower portion of the garment, rendered in gold, white, and green against the black ground, is a small ox-drawn carriage with a large spoked wheel — the "ancient ox carriage" of the title. The sheet is pencil-signed "Jun'ichiro Sekino" and numbered 166/175 in the lower margin.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ancient ox carriage was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Ancient ox carriage depicts transportation.



