Kobayashi Kiyochika

Japanese, 1847-1915

Kobayashi Kiyochika was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his ukiyo-e colour woodblock prints and newspaper illustrations. His work documents the rapid modernization and Westernization Japanese underwent during the Meiji period (1868–1912) and employs a sense of light and shade called kōsen-ga [ja] inspired by Western art techniques.

His work first found an audience in the 1870s with prints of red-brick buildings and trains that had proliferated after the Meiji Restoration; his prints of the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 were also popular. Woodblock printing fell out of favour during this period, and many collectors consider Kobayashi's work the last significant example of ukiyo-e.

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Thunder and Lightning at Oumaya Bridge

Thunder and Lightning at Oumaya Bridge (circa 1879)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Tiger and Lightning

Tiger and Lightning (late 19th century)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Tsukuba Mountain Seen from Sakura River at Hitachi

Tsukuba Mountain Seen from Sakura River at Hitachi (1897)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Urami Waterfall

Urami Waterfall (1896)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

View at dusk, Hashiba, Tokyo

View at dusk, Hashiba, Tokyo (1880)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

View of Fuji from the Coast of Kiyomigata

View of Fuji from the Coast of Kiyomigata (1896)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

View of Houses of Entertainment in Imado at Dawn

View of Houses of Entertainment in Imado at Dawn (1879)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

View of Rainfall on Shin-Ou-hashi in To-kei

View of Rainfall on Shin-Ou-hashi in To-kei (1876)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Warrior Taira no Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree

Warrior Taira no Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree (1884)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Yōmeimon Gate at Nikkō Tōshōgū Shrine

Yōmeimon Gate at Nikkō Tōshōgū Shrine (1897)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

A Big Headache for Li Hongzhang, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

A Big Headache for Li Hongzhang, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

A Shock for Chanchan, from the Series, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

A Shock for Chanchan, from the Series, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Blocking Device, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Blocking Device, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Bombarding the Enemy Camp as Our Second Army Lands at Jinzhou Fortress

Bombarding the Enemy Camp as Our Second Army Lands at Jinzhou Fortress (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Captain Higuchi, Company Commander in the Sixth Division, from the Series ‘Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men’

Captain Higuchi, Company Commander in the Sixth Division, from the Series ‘Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Captain Kani Ichita, from the Series ‘Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men’

Captain Kani Ichita, from the Series ‘Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Ceremony for the Triumphant Return of the Army

Ceremony for the Triumphant Return of the Army (1896)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Colonel Kumamoto Masaji, Regimental Commander of the Imperial Guard Artillery

Colonel Kumamoto Masaji, Regimental Commander of the Imperial Guard Artillery (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Deadly Treatment of a Big Tooth, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Deadly Treatment of a Big Tooth, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Engineer Lieutenant Onoguchi Tokuji, from the Series ‘Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men’

Engineer Lieutenant Onoguchi Tokuji, from the Series ‘Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Exterminating a Suffering Russian Bear, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Exterminating a Suffering Russian Bear, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Grand Sumo Tournament of the Two Nations, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Grand Sumo Tournament of the Two Nations, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Great Fierce Battle in the Snow near Niuzhuang

Great Fierce Battle in the Snow near Niuzhuang (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Great Fierce Battle in the Snow near Niuzhuang

Great Fierce Battle in the Snow near Niuzhuang (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Great Victory of Our Forces in the Yellow Sea; Number Four

Great Victory of Our Forces in the Yellow Sea; Number Four (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Ground Attack at Weihaiwei

Ground Attack at Weihaiwei (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; Fierce Battle of Captain Matsuzaki at Anseong Crossing

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; Fierce Battle of Captain Matsuzaki at Anseong Crossing (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; The First Army Captures Fenghuangcheng

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; The First Army Captures Fenghuangcheng (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; The Second Army Lands on the Jinzhou Peninsula

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; The Second Army Lands on the Jinzhou Peninsula (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Hurrah for the Great Victory of the Navy of Great Japan at the Naval Battle of Incheon between Japan and Russia

Hurrah for the Great Victory of the Navy of Great Japan at the Naval Battle of Incheon between Japan and Russia (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

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