Kobayashi Kiyochika, "Takanawa Uchimachi Under A Shrouded Moon"

One of Kiyochika's most contemplative and striking designs depict a modern steam train barreling through the Takanawa district in Tokyo on a cloudy day. A significant work from one of the Meiji-period's most fascinating artists whose depiction of the steam train was both awe-inspiring and an ominous symbol of the modernization rapidly taking hold in Japan. A scarce and fine work.

Date: 1879
Size: Oban
Publisher: Fukada Kumajiro
Condition: Excellent/fine color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Ebony

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) is one of Japan's Meiji-era's most important artists whose works were an amalgam of Western style painting and Japanese print design. Trained as a painter, his works are a faithful reflection of the enormous changes taking place during the modernization of Meiji-period Japan.