Emperor Yurako hunting at Mount Katsuragi
by Ogata Gekko
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.
Emperor Yuryaku hunting on Mount Katsuragi—the fifteenth-century emperor known for both fierce energy and the poetry attributed to him in the Man'yoshu—brings together the mythology of imperial hunting and the sacred landscape of the Yamato region where Japanese civilization first took coherent form. The hunting emperor as subject combined royal authority with physical vigor, the landscape of Katsuragi adding layers of poetic and mythological association.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Emperor Yurako hunting at Mount Katsuragi was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
Emperor Yurako hunting at Mount Katsuragi depicts figures, mythology, and animals.
