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Sotoba no aru Highway
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Sotoba no aru Highway

Date20th century
Maker Jun'ichiro Sekino Japanese, 1914 - 1988
Label TextSekino is known especially for his portraits of artists, from printers and actors to puppet masters, but his output was quite diverse in subject matter and prolific in quantity. Many of his best works resonate with emotional intensity. In this print, tall wooden grave markers called sotoba line the highway. The markers can be seen as elegies to Japan's quickly fading past, as modernity speeds by in a shiny red car.
Object number68.187
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.
DimensionsImage: 17 11/16 x 12 5/8 in. (45 x 32 cm)
MediumWoodblock print
Roof of Florence
Roof of Florence
Jun'ichiro Sekino
1959
Object number: 60.6
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Image Not Available for A book of woodblock prints
A book of woodblock prints
Japanese
Object number: 98.16
Photo: Beth Mann
Ten Bamboo Series
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 34.1
Image Not Available for Print for New Year (surimono)
Print for New Year (surimono)
Japanese
ca. 1828
Object number: 97.66
Image Not Available for Yokohama annai ezu kaise shinsatsu, Map of Yokohama
Yokohama annai ezu kaise shinsatsu, Map of Yokohama
Japanese
1870
Object number: 98.53.30
Jishin hyakumamben, Earthquakes, the one millionth time
Jishin hyakumamben, Earthquakes, the one millionth time
Japanese
1830-75
Object number: 98.53.74
Image Not Available for Steady Gaze
Steady Gaze
Japanese
1952
Object number: 98.53.131
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3
Image Not Available for The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.4
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Poem of Ariwara no Narihira (Ariwara no Narihira Ason)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.5