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Ogata Gekkō – Shinto Altar at Hachiman
Ogata Gekkō – Shinto Altar at Hachiman
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  • Artist/Title: Ogata Gekkō – Shinto Altar at Hachiman Shrine, Gekko’s Essay
  • Date/Period: 1870s-1890s
  • Medium: Woodblock print on paper
  • Size/Format: Oban (10"x15")
  • Description: Depiction of Wake no Kiyomaro kneeling before a Shinto altar at Usa Hachiman Shrine. He wears a flowing brown tunic over a pink robe and white pants, and a court cap, a prayer slip in his outstretched hands. The altar is set with bowls and pots of offering, and a vase holding evergreen foliage with lovely detail in the architectural setting.
    Gekko's Essay - Gekko Zuihitsu
    The series Gekko Zuihitsu (Gekko's Essay) is among Ogata Gekkō's major works, created in 1886 and 1887. The series was published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1887 and consists of 47 designs plus a title page. The format of the single sheets is oban tate-e (portrait format).
    The subjects are a diverse collection - history, mythology, warriors, poets, common and not so common people. Gekko's great contemporary Yoshitoshi had created around the same time a large series with no focus on a specific content, the series Tsuki Hyakushi ("Hundred Aspects of the Moon"). But while Yoshitoshi's hundred designs have the image of the moon as common bond, the Gekko series is missing any formal or contents-related bond. Only the design frame with title and text cartouche and the typical Gekko style of composition and mostly subdued colors make the prints recognizable as part of a series.
    The Woodblock Print
    This woodblock print is approximately 9"x13" (Aiban). The colors are sharp with abundant detail and patterning throughout. Intact margins, very slight paper discolorations. At some point someone wrote the story of the piece in pencil on the verso, no other issues.

    Reserve: $150.00

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  • Condition
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    Ogata Gekkō – Shinto Altar at Hachiman

    Estimate $200 - $250
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    Starting Price $120
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