$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 1895 print of Sergeant First-Class Yokoi—another enlisted warrior commemorated in the individual portrait series—extended the war print tradition's democratic impulse to the non-commissioned ranks. The sergeant's status, above the common soldier but below the officer class, gave him a specific social position in the military hierarchy that Gekko might have conveyed through bearing: the confident authority of an experienced NCO who had learned leadership through practice rather than class privilege.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sergeant First-Class Yokoi ... was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕) in March 1895.
Sergeant First-Class Yokoi ... depicts figures, warriors, and portraits.
Sergeant First-Class Yokoi ... measures 36 × 24.4 cm (Oban format).
