Prints
True View of Benten at Inokashira from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney
LandscapeWoodblock 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 the Pemberton family, 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 a view of a famous place in Tokyo, Inokashira, associated with the water deity Benzaiten. 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
