Teradaya

The Teradaya is a historic inn in the Fushimi district of southern Kyoto, recorded as the site of two violent incidents in the late Edo period, including the 1866 attack on the political reformer Sakamoto Ryoma. The building survives as a cultural landmark. Sekino's print likely depicts the inn's exterior — its tiled roof, lattice windows, and signboard — rendered with the precise architectural drawing and flat color planes characteristic of his Kyoto and Tokaido work. Throughout his career he was drawn to historical sites, often portraying them as quiet contemporary buildings rather than as stages for the events that gave them their names. The composition probably uses strong outlines for the structural framework with color blocks for walls, doors, and surrounding stone, and may incorporate visible woodgrain as a textural element. As a sosaku-hanga artist, Sekino carved and printed the work himself, joining the documentary impulse of his historical subjects to the directness of self-printed mokuhanga.