Title: ふるさと春秋 (春) (Hometown Spring/Autumn (Spring)). Ed.113/300.
Artist: Koh Sekiguchi (1937-2018).
Signed & Dated: Signed & editioned in pencil to plate. Published 1986.
Medium: Silkscreen.
Paper Size: Sheet approx: H: 45.50cm x W: 55.50cm. (Image H:38.00cm x W: 45.50cm).
Condition: A lovely piece. Bright crisp colour, with no notable marks/blemishes. Small pinhole foxing spot to sky. Paper intact, subtle browning to margin where previously framed. Please refer to photos. Contact for any further questions/photos/& condition report.
Notes: A fabulous piece entitled “Hometown Spring” which Sekiguchi published in 1986 alongside a counterpart seasonal design - “Hometown Autumn”. Here we see the beautiful yellow bloom of the 菜の花 nanohana flower afore children playfully foraging in the fields beyond. The nanohana flower is particularly poignant & often present in Sekiguchi’s works - for it is both a symbolic reminder for the arrival of spring, & said to evoke nostalgic memories of childhood in many. The beloved Japanese children’s song 朧月夜 "Oborozukiyo" is often sung for its poetic & nostalgic charm toward spring & the nanohana flower.
# A wonderful site & museum in honour of Koh Sekiguchi’s Life & Works: The Koh Sekiguchi Paper Painting Museum (https://sekiguchi-koh.jp/), Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture.
Title: ふるさと春秋 (春) (Hometown Spring/Autumn (Spring)). Ed.113/300.
Artist: Koh Sekiguchi (1937-2018).
Signed & Dated: Signed & editioned in pencil to plate. Published 1986.
Medium: Silkscreen.
Paper Size: Sheet approx: H: 45.50cm x W: 55.50cm. (Image H:38.00cm x W: 45.50cm).
Condition: A lovely piece. Bright crisp colour, with no notable marks/blemishes. Small pinhole foxing spot to sky. Paper intact, subtle browning to margin where previously framed. Please refer to photos. Contact for any further questions/photos/& condition report.
Notes: A fabulous piece entitled “Hometown Spring” which Sekiguchi published in 1986 alongside a counterpart seasonal design - “Hometown Autumn”. Here we see the beautiful yellow bloom of the 菜の花 nanohana flower afore children playfully foraging in the fields beyond. The nanohana flower is particularly poignant & often present in Sekiguchi’s works - for it is both a symbolic reminder for the arrival of spring, & said to evoke nostalgic memories of childhood in many. The beloved Japanese children’s song 朧月夜 "Oborozukiyo" is often sung for its poetic & nostalgic charm toward spring & the nanohana flower.
# A wonderful site & museum in honour of Koh Sekiguchi’s Life & Works: The Koh Sekiguchi Paper Painting Museum (https://sekiguchi-koh.jp/), Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture.
