Shinguka, Tokyo
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
The Shinjuku district of Tokyo — here transliterated as "Shinguka" in what may be a phonetic rendering — appears in this urban landscape print as a specific neighborhood of the capital. Sekino's Tokyo prints from across his career document the city's transformation from Edo-era post-town fabric through war devastation and postwar reconstruction, each print capturing a moment in the continuous reinvention of urban space.
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
Shinguka, Tokyo was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Shinguka, Tokyo depicts urban scenes and travel scenes, set at Tokyo.