Kobayashi Kiyochika
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 110 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 10,1847 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Asakusa |
| Tokyo | |
| Japan | |
| Date of died | November 28,1915 |
| Died | Kyoto |
| Kyoto | |
| Japan | |
| On view | Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| Shimane Art Museum | |
| Rijksmuseum | |
| Nakagawamachi Batohiroshige Museum | |
| Periods | Ukiyo-e |
| Period by artworks | Ukiyo-e |
| Works | |
| Sumida River | |
| Fireflies at Ochanomizu | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 815948 |
Kobayashi Kiyochika Life story
Kobayashi Kiyochika was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his colour woodblock prints and newspaper illustrations. His work documents the rapid modernization and Westernization Japan underwent during the Meiji period and employs a sense of light and shade called kōsen-ga inspired by Western art techniques.