

About the Artist
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.
More Artwork by Kobayashi Kiyochika (View all 122 Artworks)

Koganei, Cherry Blossoms (1896)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Arashiyama, Kyoto (1897)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Onoguchi Tokuji Blasting the Gates of Jinzhou Fortress (1895)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Spring Rain by the Ōkawa River Bridge; The Ferry near the Stables (1884)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Taira no Tadamori Captures the Priest of Midō (1877)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)
More Artwork by Kobayashi Kiyochika (View all 122 Artworks)

Koganei, Cherry Blossoms (1896)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Arashiyama, Kyoto (1897)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Onoguchi Tokuji Blasting the Gates of Jinzhou Fortress (1895)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Spring Rain by the Ōkawa River Bridge; The Ferry near the Stables (1884)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)