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Advancing across the Ansong River at the Battle of Asan (Gazan gekisen Anjo no watashi shingeki no zu) by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Advancing across the Ansong River at the Battle of Asan (Gazan gekisen Anjo no watashi shingeki no zu)

Kobayashi Kiyochika · 1894

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Date
1894
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Collection
Arts of Asia
Culture
Japan
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer Fund
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Kobayashi Kiyochika captured Japan's dramatic modernization through his innovative woodblock prints, blending traditional ukiyo-e with Western light and shadow.

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