Original Japanese woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1947-1915)
Kiyochika Kobayashi was born at Honjo, Edo (now Tokyo) in 1947 as a son of the lower class of the Samurai family. Kiyochika has been described as “the last important ukiyo-e master and the first noteworthy print artist of modern Japan.” He is said to be the last ukiyo-e artist to lyrically depict Tokyo during the Meiji cultural enlightenment. Kiyochika, while best-known today as a print designer, was also an illustrator and cartoonist. https://pages.uoregon.edu/jsmacollections/home/artists/kiyochika-kobayashi-1847-1915-.html
Series:the Flower Pattern Series first printed 1896 ( a set of 10 prints).
This series depicts beauties from various eras.
Beauty of the Kan’ei Period Feb 1624-Dec 1644
image size: 14.25 x 28 inch
frame size: 19 x 34.5 inch
Condition: vey good color and detail with margins trimmed
3 separate panels backed with antique paper with a few light creased.
reframed acid free core and mat with TRUVUE glass to protect the work.
3 of 3 woodblock prints
reference:
Kiyochika: Artist of Meiji Japan, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988. pp. 98-99.
https://www.roningallery.com/beauty-from-anei-era
https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S2003.8.1255/