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Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō), ca. 1895

Description

Maker

  • Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1847-1915, Japanese

Title

Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō)

Year

ca. 1895

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Overall: 35.4 x 71.4 cm (13 15/16 x 28 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso (part B), right edge (near middle) in pencil:2219 Rri

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.2

About

Kobayashi Kiyochika, known for his atmospheric depictions and night scenes, masterfully describes an evening patrol during the Sino-Japanese War. Silhouetted in shades of gray and flecked with snowflakes, the scouts carry out their duties amidst the falling snow.

Inscription verso (part B), right edge (near middle) in pencil:2219 Rri

Japan; Tokyo
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined

December 7, 2018 - May 5, 2019

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints

December 6, 2002 - March 2, 2003

The city of Niuzhuang in Manchuria fell to the Japanese on March 5, 1895, during the Sino-Japanese War. Kiyochika’s dramatic portrayal of scouts patrolling on a winter night focuses on the atmospheric effects that he was so skilled at depicting. As with so many of the prints made during the Sino-Japanese War, Kiyochika produced this masterful composition from his own imagination, since he was never on the battlefield.

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

December 31, 1999 - March 19, 2000

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Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Nuizhuang on a snowy night, ca. 1895

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