$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 incense ceremony—kodo, the way of fragrance—was among the most refined of the traditional Japanese arts, requiring the ability to identify and categorize dozens of specific wood fragrances and to compose new combinations according to aesthetic principles as rigorous as those of the tea ceremony. Gekko's depiction of the incense ceremony would have shown participants in formal kimono, the incense burner and its utensils arranged with the precision that this rarefied practice demanded.
Incense ceremony was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
Incense ceremony depicts figures, daily life, and interiors.
