Gallery 4F: Sekino Junichiro
Sekino Jun'ichirō (1914 - 1988) was a major contributor to the sosaku hanga art movement and was one of the founding members of Onchi Koshiro’s First Thursday Society. Sekino is recognized for his portrait prints but also designed still-life, landscape, animal, and abstract prints. Although a sosaku hanga artist, Sekino is unlikely to have been the carver and printer for all of his smaller works as evidenced by the presence of several of samples his works in a catalogue of prints by the publisher Chikuhōdō, Yokohama. Additional works by Sekino can be viewed in Gallery 12: Ex Libris.
Untitled. A design for a Christmas card insert. Published by Chikuhōdō, Yokohama. 9.4 x 15.1 cm
Untitled. A design for a Christmas card insert. Published by Chikuhōdō, Yokohama. 9.0 x 15.6 cm
Untitled. A design for a Christmas card insert. Second copy. Published by Chikuhōdō, Yokohama. 9.4 x 15.1 cm
New Year's Postcard. 1951 (Rabbit). 8.9 x 13.4 cm
Toy Shop in Iriecho, Shimonoseki. Depicts an Oiran Doll. Woodblock Printed Postcard. 8.7 x 13.9 cm
From the 1955 Dai 21-kai Han no Kai Sakuhin-shu (the Works of the 21st Han Association). postcard exchange. 9.1 x 13.9 cm
Untitled. Image of a doll. Undated. 10.5 x 14.9 cm
Attributed to Sekino. Inu Hariko Toy Dog. Attached to 1940s Christmas and New Year Card published for the Japanese Government Railroad. 9.0 x 14.0 cm
Iizaka Hot Spa (Anabara). Undated. 9.3 x 14.1 cm
New Year’s Greeting from Hotta Ryōhei. 1979. 10.0 x 14.7
Attributed to Sekino. Imaginary Doll.. Attached to 1940s Christmas and New Year Card published for the Japanese Government Railroad. 9.1 x 13.9 cm
Nude. Attached to a blank card. c.1985. 12.1 x 10.9 cm
Attributed to Sekino. On the Shelf. Attached to 1940s Christmas and New Year Card published for the Japanese Government Railroad. 9.0 x 13.9 cm
Attributed to Sekino. Kokeshi Dolls. Attached to 1940s Christmas and New Year Card published for the Japanese Government Railroad. 8.8 x 13.9 cm
Indoor Doll. Attached to a 1940s blank card published for the Japanese Government Railroad. 8.9 x 14.0 cm
Undated. Florence Rooftops. 10.3 x 14.8 cm
Undated. 9.7 x 14.5 cm
My Female Daruma. Attached to 1940s blank card published for the Japanese Government Railroad. 8.8 x 14.0 cm
Unititled. 1950s. 14.8 x 9.3 cm
Florence Pigeon. From Print Appreciation Meeting Collection. Vol. I (No. 178/200). 1980. 15.9 x 12.2 cm
14.9 x 22.1 cm
14.8 x 22.2 cm
14.9 x 22.1 cm
10.3 x 15.4 cm
11.9 x 14.6 cm
Image from a woodblock printed greeting card signed by Oliver Statler. Undated. 15.1 x 11.7 cm
Image from a Woodblock Printed Calendar. 1962. 11.2 x 12.7 cm
The follwoing five prints are bookplate illustrations that Sekino produced for the book Yagura Daiko. The book was published in 1969 in an edition of 480 copies.
14.9 x 22.1 cm
14.9 x 22.1 cm
14.9 x 22.0 cm
The prints below are woodblock printed bookplate illustrations by Sekino Junichiro from the book Matsu no Rohachi (Rohachi of the Pines) by Eiji Yoshikawa. No. 1136 of 1500 copies. Published by Dokosha.1956. 300 dpi
10.1 x 15.3 cm
Girl and Maple Leaf in Snow. From a Christmas card for Mayuyama. Signed by the artist. No. 513 of 800. 1970s 11.2 x 9.5 cm
Rooster. 15.5 x 10.6 cm
Pig. 15.1 x 10.2 cm
Ox. 8.9 x 13.7 cm
Rabbit. 10.1 x 14.9 cm
Snake. 10.5 x 15.4 cm
Sheep. 10.5 x 15.3 cm
10.3 x 15.4 cm
11.2 x 16.4 cm
March from The Japan Print Association Calendar. 1944. 13.9 x 17.5 cm
The images below are from the book Twelve Years of the Zodiac which was published in 1980. The images are woodblock prints of cards produced during the previous 12 years for the New Year. Although the size of the pages are larger than what usually meets the size criteria for this collection, the images themselves are standard postcard size. The book was published in a limited edition of 128 books; these are from no. 57. Labels from the dust cover, the book cover, and an additional print appear above.
Dog. 9.4 x 13.7 cm
Rat. 10.0 x 15.1 cm
Tiger. 15.0 x 10.2 cm
Dragon. 10.4 x 15.0 cm
Horse. 15.0 x 10.2 cm
Monkey. 10.4 x 15.4 cm
