Kobayashi Kiyochika, "Taira No Tadamori Mido Hoshi Torae-zu"
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#1002600
Item
Ukiyo-e(People)
Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Price
$440.00
Weight
0.01kg
size
width
72cm 28 1/2"
height
36.3cm 14 1/4"
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One rainy day in May, Shirakawa Joko noticed a suspicious man radiating a beam around Mido, small termple, near Gion. He ordered Taira No Tadamori to catch the monster. When he was hiding behind the small temple, the monster showed up. Tadamori attacked him and saw the face. Actually, it was an old monk who came to light the small temple every night. This is a wood block print in Meiji era, based on a legend.
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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915) was a woodblock print artist.
His childhood name was Katsunosuke. He studied oil paintings and Japanese paintings under British painter, Charles Wirgman and Kawanabe Gyousai and Shibata Zeshin respectively.
Kiyochika started his career as an ukiyo-e artist. Light and shadow are beautifully depicted in his artworks. Gorgeous sunsets, brilliant sunrises, soft lights illuminated along the river depicted in his works deeply touch the viewer’s heart. He gained his fame when he created a new genre of western style woodblock paints called “Kousen-ga” which employs new techniques to express light and shade.
He is also well known for sarcastic multi-color printed cartoon series (Nishiki-e Manga) called “Kiyochika Ponchi”.
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