$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 morning glories—asagao, a flower associated with the briefness of summer dawn—were among the most beloved botanical subjects in Japanese art, their ephemeral beauty (each flower lasting only a single morning) making them natural emblems of transience. Gekko's flower study would have shown the climbing vine's heart-shaped leaves and trumpet flowers in several color varieties—white, purple, pink, blue—arranged in the compositionally open manner that suited the plant's rambling growth habit.
Moring Glories — 朝がお was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
Moring Glories — 朝がお depicts birds & flowers, still life, and summer.
