The ?Crouching Dragon? Plum Tree at Kameido from the series An Array of Flowers, Beauties, and Famous Places (hana bijin meisho awase), 「花美人名所合 亀戸 臥龍梅」, Meiji period (1868?1912), 1895, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image (each) : 14 in. ? 9 3/8 in. (35. 6 ? 23. 8 cm), Prints, Ogata Gekkō (Japanese, 1859?1920), In the years following the Russo-Japanese War, largely due to the growing popularity of photography, traditional woodblock printing declined. Only a few print artists, including Gekkō, managed to survive commercially