Kobayashi Kiyochika's One Hundred Views of Musashi, 27 works included - Wide Edition -

Tokyo landscapes painted by Kobayashi Kiyochika, known as the "Hiroshige of the Meiji Period."

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[Summary]

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) was an ukiyo-e artist born at the end of the Edo period and living through the modernizing Meiji era. He's best known for his "Kosen-ga" series, which captures new landscapes with railroads, Western-style architecture, and gaslights. However, from the 1880s onward, he also began to create a diverse range of works, including war paintings, satirical illustrations, and classic landscape paintings. One such work is "One Hundred Views of Musashi," featured in this book.

"One Hundred Views of Musashi" is a series published between 1884 and 1889. Thirty-four prints have been identified, and this book includes 27 from the National Diet Library collection. The subject matter is from various areas of the former Musashi Province (although most of the work is actually Tokyo), depicting famous places, roads, temples, shrines, and riverside areas. The vertical composition, close-up zoom technique, bold composition, and the depiction of rain using diagonal lines, modeled after "A Thunderstorm on the Great Bridge and Atake," all show the influence of Utagawa Hiroshige's masterpiece, "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo," and demonstrate the work's commitment to the ukiyo-e traditions of the time.

Enjoy the landscapes of early Meiji Tokyo, a time of modernization while still retaining Edo-period customs.

[Book Size] 215.9mm wide x 257mm high *Slightly wider than a typical atlas or historical document collection.

[How to Use] In addition to being readable, the pages can be torn out and used as posters.

Perfect for birthday or anniversary gifts, or as art education materials. (No commentary on the works)

[Included Works] 1. Sensoji Temple Main Hall 2. Sumida River Water God Forest 3. Sakura Cherry Blossoms at Tsutsumi-no-Tsutsumi, Sumida, Tokyo 4. Kimoji Temple Umewaka Shrine 5. Fireworks at Ryogoku 6. Shimousa Mama Tsugibashi Bridge 7. Oji Waterfall River 8. Oji Inari Shrine 9. Aqueduct Bridge, Chanomizu 10. Edomizaka 11. Shiba Zojoji Temple in the Snow 12. Tetsukansu Takahashi Bridge, Distant View of Tsukudajima 13. Meguro Fudo 14. Meguro Enhiuzo 15. Chrysanthemums on Yanaka Dangozaka 16. Kameido Tenmangu Shrine 17. Mt. Dokan 18. Distant View of Ichikawa River, Shimousa Narunodai 19. Shimousa Mama Koboji Temple 20. Akasaka Kirihata Sannourayama 21. Inokashira Benten 22. Fukagawa Kiba 23. Koganei Cherry Blossoms 24. Ikegami Honmonji Temple 25. Fukagawa Fuchuuki Benten 26. Shinagawa Mikonetsuki 27. View of Nihonbashi from Edobashi