Prints
Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney
Woodblock Print
Details
- Author / creator
- Ōgata Gekkō (Japanese, 1859–1920)
- Object type
- Date or period
- c. 1886–1899
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Colonel James Thursby, 2017
- Paper / support
- Japanese paper
- State and impression
- Second state of three
About this object
The print series Gekkō’s Miscellaney wanders through a variety of genres. This print captures an agricultural scene of women gathering bracken. Ōgata Gekkō distinguished himself as a younger artist in the first exhibition of the Painting Appreciation Society (Kangakai) in 1885. He went on to earn prizes at world’s fairs and expositions in both the US and Europe.
Materials and technique
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
