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Kobayashi Kiyochika

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

Maker

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

Title

Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō)
牛庄附近　雪夜の斥候

Period

Meiji

Year

ca. 1895

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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

Signature: Kiyochika

Seals: Artist's seal | Kiyochika

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.2

Type

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined
Japanese Warrior Prints
Dec 07, 2018 – May 05, 2019
Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints
Dec 06, 2002 – Mar 02, 2003

Label copy

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
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Tombstone

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)
Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō); 牛庄附近　雪夜の斥候, ca. 1895
Polychrome woodblock print
Overall: 35.4 x 71.4 cm (13 15/16 x 28 1/8 inches)
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1998.72.2

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