Shimada
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Typical Price
$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
Description
The station of Shimada in Shizuoka, beside the Oi River, appears in this Tokaido print — the town serving as one side of the famous uncrossable river ford that required travelers to hire human carriers. Shimada's position on the highway made it prosperous from the continuous traffic of those waiting to cross or celebrating having crossed, and the town developed a distinctive commercial and social culture around this enforced hospitality.
More Prints by Jun'ichiro Sekino
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shimada was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Shimada depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and travel scenes.