Scene of Flying Ducks — Sabukamo Tobu Fuukei

Depicting wild ducks in flight over water or marsh, this kacho-e subject connects Sekino to a broad tradition of bird-and-nature imagery in Japanese art. The title's use of the word sabukamo—a poetic register for wild ducks—signals awareness of classical literary associations. The composition likely captures the birds mid-flight against a sky rendered with horizontal bokashi gradients, with the ducks themselves cut in bold silhouette or detailed feather-by-feather. Sekino's sōsaku-hanga training would allow him to exploit the grain of the woodblock to suggest the texture of water and reed beds beneath the birds, unifying the scene through texture as much as color.