Tea Ceremony by Cherry Tree.

This bijin-ga shows a woman in formal kimono engaged with the implements of the tea ceremony, set against the bloom of cherry trees in full flower. The subject aligns the ritual precision of chado with the ephemeral beauty of cherry blossoms — both expressions of a refined Japanese aesthetic consciousness that Meiji-era prints frequently invoked for domestic and export audiences alike. Gekko would have rendered the tea utensils — chawan, chakin, chasen — with careful detail, their forms providing a grounding visual counterweight to the loose softness of falling petals above. The female figure's kimono, likely with a spring textile pattern, would reinforce the seasonal register. Compositional depth is suggested by the receding ground or garden space behind the figure, placing the ceremony outdoors in a setting that allows the cherry tree to occupy the upper register of the vertical print format.