Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915) - Lot 71

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Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915) - Lot 71
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915) Print, oban yoko-e, from the series Tōkyō meisho zu (東京名所図), Famous Views of Tokyo, plate Sensōji toshi no ichi (浅草寺年乃市), Year-end Fair at Sensoji. Signed Kobayashi Kiyochika, Publisher Fukuda Kumajiro. Dated Meiji 14 (1881). Dim. 24.2 x 34.3 cm After experimenting with a new style, embodied by his famous Kiyochika Lantern Cat exhibited at the first Industrial Exhibition of 1877, publisher Matsuki Heikichi initiated the famous series of "Famous Views of Tokyo" in the same year. He published eleven prints between late 1877 and mid-1879, until publisher Fukuda Kumajiro took over the project in 1881, printing 76 more. This series is emblematic of Kiyochika's work around light and shadow, a type commonly referred to as kōsenga (Light Ray Images). These prints are drawn from watercolors created by the artist and often adopt a photographic style. Reference: A similar print preserved at the Chazen museum of Art, no. 1980.2464
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