Kobayashi Kiyochika, The Sino-Japanese War, Vedette Boat
Item No
#1090459025
Item
Ukiyo-e(War)
Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Price
$250.00
Weight
0.01kg
size
width
70.2cm 27 3/4"
height
35.5cm 14"
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Here depicted is the Battle of Ikaiei during the Sino-Japanese War. Ikaiei in February was hit by a chilly cold weather, and no ship could sail out. However, a Japanese vedette boat dared to jump into roaring waves to force through a sudden attack. Due to that, a Chinese ship was terribly exploded and damaged, that brought Japanese army a chance to obtain a maritime control. On the vedette in the left below of the screen, Japanese soldiers who expect death are bravely drinking up beer.
Small stain, good color and impression.
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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