Sekino Jun'ichiro (Japanese, 1914-1988), Girl in Kimono

Dated 1969, woodblock print, a large print showing a young girl dressed in festive summer kimono with playful hair accessories seated by a sliding fusuma paper lined door, the dark black background and shadows over the little girl's face give the scene a haunting contrast to her joyous attire, with a red artist seal to lower left corner of image together with pencil signature by artist, Jun Sekino, in lower right margin is the edition number 13/195, and date '69, presented under glass with fabric mat in a black and gilt wood round corner frame.

Frame dimensions 30 x 24 in., Sight size 22 x 16 1/4 in.

Collection of Michael and Ingrid Kelly, Worldwide Gallery Antiques, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Jun'ichiro Sekino was a Japanese printmaker best known for his portraits of kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, and geishas. His woodblock prints were completed in a style that merged both Western and Japanese aesthetics. The artist went on to study under Koshiro Onchi, the founder of the sosaku-hanga movement, which encouraged self-expression in artists. It was with Onchi in Tokyo where Sekino learned Japanese woodblock printing, Western-style etching, and painting. He won the Teiten Prize for etching in 1936, became a member of the Nihon Hanga Kyokai (Japan Print Association), and began teaching at Kobe University in Japan in 1965. Sekino died in 1988 in Tokyo, Japan. His works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others.

Overall very good condition; not examined outside of the frame.