Kamisaka Sekka

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Kamisaka Sekka Big Wave and the Full Moon
Big Wave and the Full Moon , 1909
Woodblock Print
11.75 x 17.5 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Matsu Pine Trees
Branches in the Wind , 1899
Woodblock Print
9.5 x 10.25 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Chrysanthemum _ Paulownia
Chrysanthemum & Paulownia , 1910
Woodblock Print
11.75 x 17.5 in
$450
Kamisaka Sekka Farm village in Spring
Farm village in Spring , 1910
Woodblock Print
11.75 x 17.5 in
$450
Kamisaka Sekka Water_ Blooms and Grasses
Water, Blooms and Grasses , 1903
Woodblock Print
14 x 9.5 in
$650
Kamisaka Sekka Autumn leaves and stream
Autumn leaves and stream , 1892
Woodblock Print
9.25 x 13.75 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Branches in Wind
Beauty and Fan , 1909
Woodblock Print
10.75 x 17.5 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Birds and Waves
Birds and Waves , 1909
Woodblock Print
11.75 x 17.5 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Branches in Wind
Carrying Reeds , 1909
Woodblock Print
10.75 x 17.5 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Chidori Plovers and Gibbous Moon
Chidori Plovers and Gibbous Moon
Woodblock Print
9.6 x 14.2 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Branches in Wind
Full Moon and Grass , 1909
Woodblock Print
10.75 x 17.5 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Matsu Pine Trees
Matsu Pine Trees , 1899
Woodblock Print
9.5 x 14.25 in
SOLD
Kamisaka Sekka Matsu Pine Trees
Pear Branch , 1899
Woodblock Print
9.5 x 14.25 in
SOLD

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Kamisaka Sekka

Kamisaka Sekka

Kamisaka Sekka Biography

 was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a Samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art. He is considered the last great proponent of this artistic tradition.[1] Sekka also worked in lacquer and in a variety of other media.

 
From the series A World of Things, 1909–1910

As traditional Japanese styles became unfashionable (such as Rimpa style), Japan implemented policies to promote the country's unique artistic style by upgrading the status of traditional artists who infused their craft with a dose of modernism. In 1901, Sekka was sent by the Japanese government to Glasgow where he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau.[2] He sought to learn more about the Western attraction to Japonism, and which elements or facets of Japanese art would be more attractive to the West. Returning to Japan, he taught at the newly opened Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, experimented with Western tastes, styles, and methods, and incorporated them into his otherwise traditional Japanese-style works.[2] While he sticks to traditional Japanese subject matter, and some elements of Rimpa painting, the overall effect is very Western and modern. He uses bright colors in large swaths, his images seeming on the verge of being patterns rather than proper pictures of a subject; the colors and patterns seem almost to "pop", giving the paintings an almost three-dimensional quality.

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