The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Bare Branches (Chiryu)

1974

Jun'ichiro Sekino

(Japanese, 1914–1988)
Japan
color woodcut
Sheet: 27.6 x 22.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Image: 7.7 x 10.2 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.580
Location: Not on view

Description

Sekino focused on the harmony of poetic spirit and technique, which he considered essential to woodcuts. His simplified representational style reflects his interest in the distillation of the geometric and organic shapes that give the Japanese landscape its characteristic flavor.
  • Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".
  • {{cite web|title=Bare Branches (Chiryu)|url=false|author=Jun'ichiro Sekino|year=1974|access-date=25 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.580