Shirasuka: Fishing Village
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
The fishing village at Shirasuka below the Tokaido cliff road appears in this station print as a self-contained world of nets, boats, and low buildings organized by the logic of the sea rather than the highway above. The fishing community's independence from the highway culture of inns and teahouses gives it a different visual rhythm, and Sekino's depiction emphasizes the working village's practical beauty over its picturesque potential.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shirasuka: Fishing Village was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Shirasuka: Fishing Village depicts animals and village scenes.
