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Although unsigned, this dynamic watercolor with graphite or charcoal and crayon is a preparatory work for the 1973 print, Okabe, which was part of Sekino's print series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, begun in 1959 and completed in 1974.
Okabe
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Okabe

Artist Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎 (Japanese, 1914 - 1988)
Datec. early 1970s
Place of originJapan
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions15 3/16 x 21 7/16 in. (38.6 x 54.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Maggi McKay in honor of David Cofrin and Mickey Singer; Robert H. and Kathleen M. Axline Acquisition Endowment; The David A. Cofrin Fund for Asian Art; friends of the Harn Museum; and by exchange, gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin
Object number2012.29.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionAlthough unsigned, this dynamic watercolor with graphite or charcoal and crayon is a preparatory work for the 1973 print, Okabe, which was part of Sekino's print series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, begun in 1959 and completed in 1974.
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Hodogaya
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
c. 1969 or earlier
Graphite or charcoal sketch of the expressway with watercolor and possibly crayon, on paper. This watercolor of the expressway zooming above the old Nihonbashi Bridge is a preparatory work for the 1960 print, Nihonbashi, which was a part of Sekino's print series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, begun in 1959 and completed in 1974.
Nihonbashi
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
c. 1960
watercolor on paper as title-page with Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido in Japanese characters; and signed by the artist
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
c. early 1970s
Folio with 55 color woodblock prints; accompanied by hand-painted series title sheet inscribed in sumi ink; so accompanied by the woodblock printed title sheet (without the printed series title)
Okabe
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
1973
A portfolio of twelve color woodblock prints depicting Japanese customs published in March 1946 by Fugaku Honsha in Tokyo.
Snow Room
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
Showa period (1926-1989), March 1946
A portfolio of twelve color woodblock prints depicting Japanese customs published in March 1946 by Fugaku Honsha in Tokyo.
Oiran Parade
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
Showa period (1926-1989), March 1946
Set of 10 color woodblock prints depicting women. One figure of a kneeling woman preparing tea.
Home Life in Winter
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
1946
Set of 10 color woodblock prints depicting women. One figure of a woman with snow covered houses in the background.
Maid of Northern Japan
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
1946
Folio with 55 color woodblock prints; accompanied by hand-painted series title sheet inscribed in sumi ink; so accompanied by the woodblock printed title sheet (without the printed series title)
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi no uchi)
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
c. 1959-1974
Folio with 55 color woodblock prints; accompanied by hand-painted series title sheet inscribed in sumi ink; so accompanied by the woodblock printed title sheet (without the printed series title)
Nihonbashi
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
1960
Folio with 55 color woodblock prints; accompanied by hand-painted series title sheet inscribed in sumi ink; so accompanied by the woodblock printed title sheet (without the printed series title)
Shinagawa
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
1967
Folio with 55 color woodblock prints; accompanied by hand-painted series title sheet inscribed in sumi ink; so accompanied by the woodblock printed title sheet (without the printed series title)
Kawasaki
Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎
1960

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