Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney
by Ogata Gekko
- Series:
- Gekkō’s Miscellaney
- Date:
- c. 1886–1899
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
by Ogata Gekko
$500–$8,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Gekko's prolific output makes most of his work affordable. Quality varies significantly.
The 1886 Beauties Harvesting Bracken from Gekko's Miscellany is among his earliest published works, showing women gathering warabi ferns in early spring—a practice with deep associations in Japanese poetry and classical literature going back to the Man'yoshu collection. The combination of seasonal labor, beautiful women in outdoor settings, and the evocation of classical literary reference was a formula Gekko developed from this early series forward, using nature scenes to frame figures in recognizable cultural contexts.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕) in c. 1886–1899.
Yes — Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney is part of the Gekkō’s Miscellaney series by Ogata Gekko.
Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney depicts bijin-ga.
