Hana uru hito, hana ikeru hito 花売る人 花活る人 / Gekko zuihitsu 月耕随筆

From Gekko's 'Gekko zuihitsu' series, this print depicts figures associated with the buying and arranging of flowers — a flower seller (hana uru hito) paired with a woman practicing ikebana (hana ikeru hito). The 'zuihitsu' format positions these as informal observational studies of Meiji-era life, though the compositions are polished nishiki-e with careful color separation across multiple blocks. The pairing of commerce and art — street vendor and domestic practitioner — reflects the Meiji print market's interest in depicting the everyday social fabric of Tokyo alongside historical and classical subjects. Gekko's characteristic attention to kimono pattern and figure posture lends specificity to what might otherwise be generic genre subjects.