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SEKINO Jun'ichiro (1914 - 1988)		from: 'Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido' station no. 43:  Kuwana - Haiku Monument
		Signed:              Jun. Sekino (hand-signed) Seal:                   Jun Date:                   November 1964 Size:                   double oban yoko-e                              (42. 3 x 54. 5 cms / 16 5/8" x 21 1/2") Condition: Fine impression, colors and condition. Paper with watermark: Jun. Sekino. Wide margins. Blocks cut by artist himself. ref. no.: # 571611 Price:  € 850.00

"After crossing about fifteen miles of Ise Bay by boat, travelers from Edo could rest at Kuwana and feast on the famous broiled clams there. Today, the castle is gone, but parts of the old seawall surrounding it are still intact. Modern Kuwana is a factory town and summer resort. Outside this ryokan, or japanese inn, there is a wooden monument with a seventeen-syllable haiku poem, referring to a story written about the place. This print shows Sekino's insight into the nature of architectural form. He eliminates illusion of depth to give unity and treats all parts separately, abstracting and manipulating them to achieve whatever effect he wants. The trees and the diagonals of the entrance on the right relieve the severity of the forms." (McClain) Reference: - McClain, "... Sekino Jun'ichiro: The Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido", Museum of Art, University of Oregon, 1978. - Merritt/Yamada, p. 259

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