Gekkô - New Year's Day
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Ogata Gekkô (1859-1920)

Genji meets the lady Suetsumuhana at New Year's Day.

Title: Hatsune – chapter 23 (The first song of the year)

Series: Genji gojûyo-jô (The Tale of Genji in Fifty-Four Chapters)

Signature: Gekkô

Seal: Gekkô

Publisher: Yokoyama Ryôhachi

Date: Meiji 25 (1892)

Size: Oban, 32,5 x 22 cm (woodblock size)

Very nice impression and colours, with relief printing. Originally mounted. Orange-red oxidised due to the pigments used. Perfect condition.

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