Untitled, flags

This print centered on flag imagery exploits the graphic strengths of woodblock technique: flat planes of saturated color, strong geometric divisions, and the potential for overlapping transparent color blocks to create additive mixtures. Sekino may be representing festival pennants (nobori), maritime signal flags, or a more purely abstract arrangement of rectangular colored forms. The subject allows him to work with bold primary and secondary color relationships—the kind of compositional boldness associated with Mingei folk art that influenced the sosaku-hanga movement. If multiple flags overlap, the woodblock printing process would naturally produce the third color at their intersection without additional blocks, a technical feature Sekino likely exploited deliberately. Any text, mon, or device on the flags would be carved in relief and printed with tight registration. The overall effect is graphic and declarative rather than atmospheric.