Yokkaichi: Oil Refinery Complex at Night
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Description
The station of Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture, which became one of postwar Japan's most significant industrial centers — its chemical plants and oil refineries visible at night as a landscape of flame and electric light. Sekino's night view of the Yokkaichi industrial complex is among the most contemporary of his Tokaido station images, confronting the route's forty-third station as it existed in the high-growth economic miracle rather than as a heritage site or scenic subject.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yokkaichi: Oil Refinery Complex at Night was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Yokkaichi: Oil Refinery Complex at Night depicts night scenes.