Kagoshima seitō senki 鹿児島征討戦記 (Kagoshima Conquest Chronicle) - Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)

Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) - Kagoshima seitō senki
鹿児島征討戦記 (Kagoshima Conquest Chronicle) - Japan - ca 1876 (Meiji 9)

Fair condition, red color partly smudged. Some paper residue on the verso

The sign of shin shou rou Kobayashi kiyochika(小林清親) is written on .

Kiyochi Kobayashi is good at drawing light and shadows.
Light and shadow are well drawn in the art works exhibited this time

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Kobayashi Kiyochika can be said to have been the last woodblock print artist.
He was born in Asakusa in 1847, the son of a samurai. He studied western art and Japanese art, aiming to become a ukiyoe(wood-block print) artist
The disciples include inoue yasuji,Taguchi Yonesaku, and Tsuchiya koitsu.
Representative works include “Tokyo meisho-zu” and “neko ni chochin”.