SEKI-NO-HO (store at Seki)
Typical Price
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
"Seki-no-ho" depicts a traditional merchant store in Seki, one of the fifty-three post stations along the Tokaido highway, whose preserved streetscape retains much of its Edo-period commercial character. The store's facade carries the architectural vocabulary of a successful post-town merchant establishment: the deep eaves, the latticed windows, the signage and entrance details that communicate the specific goods or services the business provided to passing travelers. Nishijima's rendering of the store honors the continuing vitality of a commercial tradition rooted in the highway travel of an earlier era.
Woodblock print
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1922
Color woodblock print
行商人
c. 1940
Color woodblock print
SEKI-NO-HO (store at Seki) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
SEKI-NO-HO (store at Seki) depicts market scenes.
