
A young man sleeping and dreams of a young bijin
by Ogata Gekko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A young man in a purple robe lies asleep on a wooden veranda platform, his head resting on a red pillow or cushion, with small red and green objects set beside him at the platform's edge. In the upper left, rendered as a dream vision against a plain background, a woman in a pale robe stands beside a flowering branch and a screen or partition. The palette is limited to muted purple, red, green, and grey tones against cream-colored paper, with sparse linework and a Japanese inscription in the upper right corner.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A young man sleeping and dreams of a young bijin was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
A young man sleeping and dreams of a young bijin depicts bijin-ga.



