Untitled by Ogata Gekko — Japanese Woodblock print

Untitled work by Ogata Gekko

Meiji/Taishō Prints

Medium:: Woodblock print
Source:: Richard Kruml
Image courtesy of: Richard Kruml

Description

This monochrome woodblock print by Ogata Gekko shows a faint, pale composition with clusters of pine boughs framing the upper left and right corners of the sheet. Between them, a handful of small, loosely rendered figures stand in an open middle ground above low grasses sketched in thin, sparse strokes along the bottom edge. The image is rendered entirely in pale grey ink tones on aged paper, crossed by horizontal and vertical fold creases that divide the sheet into a grid.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Untitled was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).

Untitled depicts abstract.