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| Gekkō: The Plum Blossoms of Kameido From the Series Famous Views of Flowers and Beautiful Women 1895 |
This is a triptych - three prints put together to create one larger picture - "The Plum Blossoms of Kameido" by Ogata Gekkō (1859-1920). The picture is from the series "Famous Views of Flowers and Beautiful Women", 1895.
Ogata Gekkō understood himself as part of the tradition of ukiyo-e, but he was very versatile and also experimented with techniques and styles not normally included in that tradition - for example lithography. He is widely underestimated, but I perceive him as one of the greatest Japanese artists of his generation.