Hide and seek
by Ogata Gekko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The hide-and-seek scene—children playing the universal game of concealment and discovery—brings Gekko's figure painting skills into the domain of genre painting, depicting the spontaneous physical comedy of children in full play. The subject required capturing the tension of concealment and the burst of discovery, the hiding child's compressed stillness and the seeker's dynamic search. Such scenes of everyday childhood life represented a strand of his work that balanced the historical and warrior subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hide and seek was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
Hide and seek depicts figures, children, and daily life.