Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney
Ōgata Gekkō (Japanese, 1859–1920)
c. 1886–1899
Medium
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Norman W. Zaworski Trust
Accession Number
2017.69
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.