$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
The station of Yui in Shizuoka, where the Tokaido ran between the sea cliffs and the ocean on a notoriously narrow coastal shelf, appears here through a window view of Mount Fuji — the framed aperture creating a picture-within-a-picture that mediates between interior and the mountain's exterior grandeur. Sekino's windowed Fuji views emphasize the moment of encounter: the traveler at the inn, glancing up from tea or conversation to find the mountain composed in a wooden frame.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Yui: Mt. Fuji through the Window was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Yui: Mt. Fuji through the Window depicts landscapes, mount fuji, and interiors, set at Mount Fuji.
