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Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney
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Beauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney

Ōgata Gekkō (Japanese, 1859–1920), artist · c. 1886–1899 · Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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About this work

The print series Gekkō’s Miscellaney wanders through a variety of genres. This print captures an agricultural scene of women gathering bracken. Ōgata Gekkō distinguished himself as a younger artist in the first exhibition of the Painting Appreciation Society (Kangakai) in 1885. He went on to earn prizes at world’s fairs and expositions in both the US and Europe.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineBeauties Harvesting Bracken, from the series Gekkō’s Miscellaney, c. 1886–1899. Ōgata Gekkō (Japanese, 1859–1920). Woodblock print, ink and color on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Norman W. Zaworski Trust, 2017.69
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