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Hara - Tokaidô by Jun'ichiro Sekino — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hara - Tokaidô

by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

The composition is filled edge to edge with rows of curved, overlapping roof tiles rendered in dark grey, brown, and black, their undulating ridges creating a repeating wave-like pattern across the sheet. Near the center, a paler grey passage breaks the tile pattern, suggesting a patch of reflected light or a gap amid the tiles. The palette is muted and close in tone throughout, with the artist's signature and a small red seal inscribed in the lower right corner; this print, "Hara - Tokaidô" by Jun'ichiro Sekino, is a mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print).

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Hara - Tokaidô was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).