Mochizuki Gyokkei (1874–1938): A Master of Rinpa and Nihonga Harmony Mochizuki Gyokkei, born in Kyoto in 1874, stands as a cornerstone figure within the Rinpa school—a movement that irrevocably transformed Japanese art during the Meiji era. Alongside his father, Mochizuki Gyokusen (望月玉泉), he presided over the fourth generation of their illustrious family studio, inheriting and innovating upon a tradition established by Gyokusen’s grea…