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Ogata Gekko (1859-1920)
Courtesan Admiring an Embroidered BallTaisho era (1912-1926), 1915Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on silk in silk mounts, depicting a courtesan seated with her left arm resting on the end of a lacquered table looking up at a kusudama (embroidered ball decoration), signed at middle right Gekko and sealed KagyoroWith a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Ogata Gekko hitsu dayu kusudama o miru zu (Picture of a courtesan viewing a kusudama), dated Showa tsuchinoto-hitsuji rokugatsu chukan (mid-June 1979), signed and sealed Kimura Tosuke (art dealer, 1901-1992) 77 1/2 x 21 3/4in (197 x 55cm); image 42 1/2 x 15in (108 x 38cm)
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A newspaper illustrator, woodblock print artist, and design of lacquer and ceramics as well as a virtually self-taught painter, Ogata Gekko gained entry to the official art world in 1891, becoming a member of the Nihon Seinen Kaiga Kyokai (Japan Young Artists' Association). He joined the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Academy) on its formation in 1898 and also established an international reputation, showing his work at the Chicago (1893) and Paris (1900) expositions.