Published 1891, Kameido Wisteria (#5) belongs to Manners and Customs of Ladies (Fujin Fuzoku Zukushi). This series records women’s clothing, work, leisure, and domestic accomplishments during the rapidly changing Meiji period. Its elegant images preserve social practices while also reflecting contemporary ideals about femininity, education, household skill, and respectability.
The plant carries seasonal and poetic associations established through court literature, painting, and decorative art; its setting and companion motifs help specify the time of year. The catalog identifies festival, fish, flowers, girls, park, and women among the principal motifs. Gekkō uses their relationship to clarify action, season, setting, and narrative emphasis rather than treating them as interchangeable decoration.
Gekkō’s print style is noted for painterly contours, soft color transitions, and reserved paper, effects achieved through the collaborative disciplines of block carving and hand printing.
Additional information
| Editions | First Edition, Second Edition |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Heikichi Matsuki, Sasaki Toyokichi |
| Size | Oban |
| Subjects | festival, fish, flowers, girls, park, women |
| Year Published | 1891 |
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