Tonegawa koiryo 利根川鯉漁 / Bijin meisho awase 美人名所合

This print by Ogata Gekko (1859–1920) belongs to a bijin meisho awase format — compositions pairing a fashionably dressed woman with a named famous place — here the Tonegawa River in the Kantō region, one of Japan's major waterways and historically important for fishing and transport. The subject depicted is carp fishing (koiryo), a recognized seasonal and regional activity along the Tonegawa. Gekko worked across [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga), [musha-e](/glossary/musha-e), and [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) genres, frequently combining figure and landscape in a single composition during the Meiji period. The bijin likely appears in the foreground dressed in coordinated seasonal kimono, while fishermen or nets on the river establish the meisho element. Gekko's line work shows slightly more Western-influenced draftsmanship than classical [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) predecessors, and his prints were issued in ōban format by multiple Meiji publishers.