Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō)
1909
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1909
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows a boy in a kimono holding a chrysanthemum. The bold colors and flat shapes come from *ukiyo-e* prints Sekka grew up with. His loose sketches feel alive but the final prints are sharp and precise. Sekka mixed old and new styles. He trained in traditional painting but also used bright colors from Western art. This series helped revive Japanese decorative art in the early 1900s. See how the boy’s sleeve folds bend the pattern—look at *Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)* next.
