Ogata gekkoh (9 Ergebnisse)

Tokyo 1891, Sasaki Toyonao. A single Oban sheet, 23.5 x 34 cm., pastel colors, excellent registry, Japanese colophon in the margin, signed in block, & sealed in cinnabar, very good in frame, glazed. A tender work in vegetal pastel colors. Nicely executed, by the master painter. * Shows an elegantly dressed woman in kimono, with an older man seated outside on a bench. He holds a painting brush and paper, with ink stand at his side. He has a gourd held in a net tied to his sash and a green bag which held his painting materials. He is viewing the plum blossoms on a large tree that also has several poems tied to the branches, sending these to the wind as a Buddhist offering. There are two cups of Sake adjacent to him so they are toasting the lovely flower blossoms as a traditional spring offering. * The print is without defect, no bug holes or other detractions. The foreground is done in a tone of silver whic now after 100 years shows a lovely patina and nice earthy color. *.…

[Japan n.d. ca.1901]. A single sheet color woodblock print, on hand made paper, hand printed, 12 x 23 cm., very good. A lovely pastel-color print, shows a pair of birds near two sprays of light blue-purple wistaria flowers. * Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a decorator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kikuchi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evolved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: R.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…

[Japan n.d. ca 1901]. A single sheet color woodblock print, 12 x 23 cm., very good, card mounted. A delicately pastel-colored print, shows a bird hiding behind few leaves green leaves, the flower dominates the majority of the print. * Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a decorator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kikuchi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evolved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: L.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…

[Japan n.c. ca. 1901]. A single sheet color woodblock print, very good, 12 x 23 cm., card mounted. A delicately pastel-colored print. Shows a bird on a Hydranga branch as it looks at a large pinkish-blue flower. * Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a decorator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kikuchi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evolved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: R.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…

[Japan n.d. ca 1901]. A single sheet color woodblock print, very good, 12 x 23 cm., mat mounted. A pastel colored print, shows a bird just under a sprig of a pair of orange flowers. * Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a deco- rator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kiku- chi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evol- ved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: R.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…

[Japan n.d. ca. 1910]. A single sheet color woodblock print, very good, 12.5 x 23.5 cm., hand printed in color on hand- made paper, card mounted. A bird clinging to a sprig of loquat flowers. Done in delic- ate pastel colors. Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a deco- rator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kiku- chi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evol- ved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: R.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…

[Japan n.d. ca.1901]. A single sheet color woodblock print, on hand made paper, hand printed, 12 x 24 cm., silk brocade border, over all size 16 x 30.5, very clean, in-block artist signature, nicely mounted, ready for framing and display. A lovely pastel-color print, shows a pair of birds near two sprays of light blue-purple wistaria flowers. * Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a decorator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kikuchi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evolved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: R.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…

[Japan n.d. ca. 1901]. A single sheet color woodblock color print, on hand-made paper, hand printed, very good, 12.5 x 24 cm., card mounted. . * A delicate pastle color print, shows a greenish backed bird, by several yellow flowers. . *** WHO WAS OGATA GEKKOH [1859-1920]: He was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a decorator of pottery and lacquer. Born & lived in Tokyo and he was a founding member of the the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kikuchi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. . Evolved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. . *** L.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: Twentieth-Century Japanese Prints From the Robert O. Muller Collection, pp.83-88, illustration numbers 39-48, with useful support text. Shows 13 color photos of other examples of his works in. . *** Color scans of this & most other items are posted to our website.…

[Japan n.d. ca 1901]. Single sheet color print, hand printed on hand made paper, 12 x 23 cm., card mounted, with artist's signature in block, very good. A pastel-blue pair of birds, perched on a cherry flower sprig. * Ogata Gekkoh [1859-1920] was a Japanese style painter, and print maker. He was also known as a decorator of pottery and lacquer. Born and lived in Tokyo and he he was a founding member of the Bunten and frequent prize winner at its exhbitions. He served as an illustrator during the Sino-Japanese War. He followed first the style of Kikuchi Yosai, then studied the Ukiyo-e manner by himself. Evolved his own amusing way of treating genre subjects, which he applied to paintings as well as to illustrations for magazines and newspapers. * REFERENCES: L.P. Roberts: A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.123. for further details. * A. Stephens: THE NEW WAVE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE ROBERT O. MULLER COLLECTION, pp.83-88, illustrating numbers 39-48, and references showing 13 color examples, with useful support text. *.…