Kayano Plateau
Sekino Jun'ichirō, Kayano Plateau, 1963, color woodblock print on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © Sekino Jun'ichirō, 83.57.221
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Kayano Plateau
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Oregon Cascade Range
original language: 萱野高原
- Artist
- Date
1963
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper
- Edition
no other known impressions (05-05-2013 update: two additional impressions of this print have surfaced as explained under Curator or Staff Notes.)
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 12 3/4 in x 18 in; sheet: 17 3/4 in x 21 5/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
artist's seal: 準一, red intaglio seal, lower right, within the block Transliteration (Translation): Jun'ichi (Jun'ichi) Language: Japanese
signature: Jun. Sekino, graphite, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Jun. Sekino (Jun. Sekino) Language: English
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Modern Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
83.57.221
- Copyright
© Sekino Jun'ichirō
- Terms
This print is one of many by Sekino to have come to the Museum as a gift from Gordon Gilkey, the long-time Curator of Graphic Arts. When Gilkey was on the faculty of the Art Department at Oregon State University, he invited Sekino to teach as a visiting artist. The two men developed a close friendship. A handwritten note by Gilkey on the mat for this print identifies the subject as "Oregon Cascade Range," and that it how it was published in the 2011 exhibition catalogue, _The Artist’s Print, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum_. However, subsequent research has shown that this print is actually a view of Kayano Plateau, which lies at the foot of Hakkoda mountains, some 10 miles southeast of Aomori city in northern Japan. Sekino had grown up in Aomori prefecture, so we may imagine that this was a familiar and beloved place for him.
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
