Saishūtō (Cheju Island [Korea]) 「濟州島」

Object Details

• Artist

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

• Label

  Sekino Jun'ichiro was one of the most prominent leaders of the sosaku hanga or creative print movement, a group of artists who strove to work independently of the traditional print workshop where artists would simply supply designs and technicians would carve and print the work. The Sosaku Hanga artists learned printmaking techniques and used them innovatively. After World War II, during Japan's recovery from the destruction of the war years, the Sosaku Hanga artists began anew to expand the creative boundaries of their art. They worked in larger formats, but were often restricted to using less expensive woods, even plywood for carving their blocks, due to the short supply of high quality wood.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1930s, 1980s

• Name

  Sekino, Jun'ichiro

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Contemporary Art, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints