A large exhibition style painting by Uehara Gekkyo depicting the tranquility of the Japanese garden, a sprightly couple suspended over the open blank of misty water. Pigment on silk in a fine patterned blue silk border with large rosewood rollers. It is 98 x 201 cm (38-1/2 x 79 inches) and in excellent condition, enclosed in a period wooden box.
Uehara Gekkyo was born in 1906 in Kanagawa Prefecture, adjacent to Tokyo, and studied under Kawasaki Kotora. He was exhibited at the 12th Teiten (1931) National Exhibition. He resided in Tokyos Suginami area, and was best remembered for his dreamlike interpretations of Bird and Flower (Kacho) paintings.
