Published 1899, Water Lily and Tortoise (#7) belongs to Gekko’s Artwork (Gekko Gahou). Gekkō gahō presents the artist’s pictorial repertory in album form. Such art books served collectors, students, and designers, circulating compositional models and displaying the breadth of a painter-printmaker’s command of figures, nature, legend, and history.
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 flowers, plants, stone, and turtle among the principal motifs. Gekkō uses their relationship to clarify action, season, setting, and narrative emphasis rather than treating them as interchangeable decoration.
As a book or album image, the composition was designed to be encountered in sequence and in relation to text, facing pages, and the physical act of turning leaves.
Additional information
| Editions | First Edition |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Daikokuya Gaho |
| Size | Oban |
| Subjects | flowers, plant, stone, turtle |
| Year Published | 1899 |
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