Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Hodogaya

Artist Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎 (Japanese, 1914 - 1988)

Datec. 1969 or earlier

Made/manufacturedJapan

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions15 x 21 5/16 in. (38.1 x 54.2 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 number2012.29.4

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DescriptionGraphite or charcoal sketch of a 1942 locomotive in a rail yard with paint, sumi ink, water color and possibly crayon on thick paper, extensive notations along both edges of the front, and a simplified sketch of the same composition on verso with the title in Japanese on the lower left verso, Hodogaya, unsigned, ca. 1969 (or earlier). This watercolor of a 1942 locomotive in a rail yard is a preparatory work for the 1969 print, Hodogaya, which was a part of Sekino's print series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, begun in 1959 and completed in 1974.