4 Studies from Shinhan Sanjuni So
1882
19th century
13 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. (34.93 cm x 24.13 cm)
Kobayashi Kiyochika,
Japanese,
(1847–1915)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
color woodblock print on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection
Accession Number:
2010.043
Kiyochika is regarded as one of the great masters of Japanese print-making during the Meiji period (1868-1912). He studied western drawing and painting techniques with Charles Wirgman (1832-1891), an expatriate English artist and cartoonist who contributed to the London Illustrated News and founded the first Japanese periodical magazine, the satirical Japan Punch. In addition, Kiyochika later studied traditional japanese painting with the renowned eccentric artist Kawanabe Gyosai (1831-1889).
Kiyochika synthesized Japanese drawing with Western caricature in this unusual print, which reveals the artist's caustic sense of humor.