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.

Show 30 50 70

Imperial Visit to a Field Hospital

Imperial Visit to a Field Hospital (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Lieutenant-General Yamaji; Leading the Japanese Second Army during Its Landing on the Jinzhou Peninsula

Lieutenant-General Yamaji; Leading the Japanese Second Army during Its Landing on the Jinzhou Peninsula (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Native Bandits Being Swept up in the Vicinity of Xinzhu in Taiwan

Native Bandits Being Swept up in the Vicinity of Xinzhu in Taiwan (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Naval Commander Hirose Takeo

Naval Commander Hirose Takeo (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Onoguchi Tokuji Blasting the Gates of Jinzhou Fortress

Onoguchi Tokuji Blasting the Gates of Jinzhou Fortress (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Our Army Attacks the Chinese Encampment at Pyeongyang

Our Army Attacks the Chinese Encampment at Pyeongyang (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Our Elite Forces Occupying the Pescadore Islands of Taiwan

Our Elite Forces Occupying the Pescadore Islands of Taiwan (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Our Fleet of Warships Bombarding Dalian Bay

Our Fleet of Warships Bombarding Dalian Bay (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Our Navy Sinking a Chinese Warship in the Yellow Sea

Our Navy Sinking a Chinese Warship in the Yellow Sea (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Our Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship at the Great Naval Battle of Port Arthur

Our Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship at the Great Naval Battle of Port Arthur (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Photographing Our Troops Fighting on the Streets of Niuzhuang Fortress

Photographing Our Troops Fighting on the Streets of Niuzhuang Fortress (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Prologue and Table of Contents, from the Series, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Prologue and Table of Contents, from the Series, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Scouts near Nuizhuang on a Snowy Night

Scouts near Nuizhuang on a Snowy Night (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Struggling Hard on the Battleship Hatsuse in the Harbor of Port Arthur

Struggling Hard on the Battleship Hatsuse in the Harbor of Port Arthur (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Attack on, and Occupation of, Tianzhuangtai

The Attack on, and Occupation of, Tianzhuangtai (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Dangerous Tightrope Walk, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

The Dangerous Tightrope Walk, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Fall of Jinzhou Fortress; Private First Class Onoguchi Tokuji

The Fall of Jinzhou Fortress; Private First Class Onoguchi Tokuji (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Honorable Defeated General, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

The Honorable Defeated General, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Naval Battle of Pungdo in Korea

The Naval Battle of Pungdo in Korea (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Occupation of Liaoyang

The Occupation of Liaoyang (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Saikyô-maru in the Hard Fighting off Haiyang Island

The Saikyô-maru in the Hard Fighting off Haiyang Island (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Second Army’s Assault on Port Arthur

The Second Army’s Assault on Port Arthur (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Shivering Commander, from the Series, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

The Shivering Commander, from the Series, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Truth about Korea

The Truth about Korea (1882)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang

The Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang (1894)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

The Wife’s Welcome, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

The Wife’s Welcome, from the Series ‘Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Tiger Flag in a Grove, from the Series ‘Magic Lantern of Society; One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Tiger Flag in a Grove, from the Series ‘Magic Lantern of Society; One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Vice Admiral Itō Sukeyuki, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Vice Admiral Itō Sukeyuki, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (1895)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Voyage of the Old and Senile, from the Series ‘Magic Lantern of Society; One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’

Voyage of the Old and Senile, from the Series ‘Magic Lantern of Society; One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs’ (1896)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

A Scouting Party of the Japanese Army Observing the Movements of Russian Cossack Soldiers across the Daedong River

A Scouting Party of the Japanese Army Observing the Movements of Russian Cossack Soldiers across the Daedong River (1904)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Artvee.com 2024 All Rights Reserved