Gessekka
by Maki Haku
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
"Gessekka" — a Japanese term combining elements that suggest moonflower or lunar flower — places this work within Maki Haku's engagement with classical Japanese poetry and natural imagery filtered through abstraction. His references to natural phenomena are rarely illustrative; instead, a title like "Gessekka" functions as a mood or atmosphere, directing the viewer's attention toward a particular quality of the abstract composition — perhaps its pallor, its coolness, or its quiet luminosity.
More Prints by Maki Haku
More Moonlight Prints
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Matsushima in Moonlight (Tsuki no Matsushima)
1919
Color woodblock print
Kiyozumi Garden in Moonlight
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Gessekka was created by Maki Haku (巻白).
Gessekka depicts moonlight, calligraphy, and abstract.