This page contains a number of prints that do not belong to Gekko's major series. Two groupings appear to be his first attempt at a particular theme, noteably an early Zuihitsu (1884) and his first attempt at the 100 Fuji group (1892), each contains 3 known prints. The 100 Moonlit Views series (1891) published by Takegawa Risaburo contains only 6 prints, suggesting it was a commercial failure. There are also some other interesting items, including 3 Harimaze (literally 'pasted scraps') diptychs from the late 1880's (some of the images in these appear elsewhere in his work) and an azuri-e.

 

Zuihitsu

Kajiwara Kagesue

 

Saigyo Hoshi

 

Unknown reference. The box in the foreground has the Genji mon for Chapter 23 , Hatsune, The First Warbler of Spring but the scene shown is very puzzling.

 

100 Fuji

Night Attack of Youchi Sukenari

 

Hawk and Pine: Yoshite

 

Snowfall of Cherry Blossoms

 

100 Moonlit Views

Entertainers in Yoshiwara

 

Fishing in Tsukushima

 

Kobikicho Theater, Music and Color

 

Snow on Shiba Maru Mountain

 

Ueno

 

Umewaka

 

Harimaze

1

 

2

 

3

 

 

Azuri-e