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Kotohira by Jun'ichiro Sekino — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kotohira

by Jun'ichiro Sekino

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

Description

A wide stone staircase climbs toward a shrine or temple entrance shaded by a large orange and yellow awning strung on angled poles; a stone lantern stands at right beside vertical red and yellow shop banners with Japanese text. Two figures in dark jackets and pale trousers climb the steps in the foreground, one carrying a flat rectangular object wrapped or framed in orange and blue; a few more distant figures, including one under a red parasol, appear near the top of the stairs. The palette is dominated by warm ochre, orange, and grey stone tones against a flat blue sky, with the pencil annotations "25/128" and the artist's signature "Jun. Sekino" visible in the margin beneath the print.

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Kotohira was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).