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Notice the notched outline of the fan, then follow the sprays of small leaves and pale flowers as they cross in front of the moon.
This print was made for a round, flat fan, an uchiwa, and its curved outline, with a notch at the bottom, follows the shape of the fan. Fans were everyday summer accessories, the V&A notes, so fewer fan prints survive than other prints. Ogata Gekkō, who won prizes at world’s fairs in the United States and Europe, signed it below the full moon, beside the stream.
Color woodblock print, uchiwa-e · 23.5 × 24.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Full Moon and Autumn Flowers by the Stream
- Artist
- Ogata Gekko Japanese, 1859-1920
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- Color woodblock print, uchiwa-e
- Dimensions
- 23.5 × 24.8 cm 24.7 × 24.6 cm
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. Allan Mitchell
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.