Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 79756

Pomegranates and Grapes

Artist / 作者
Kobayashi Kiyochika小林清親
Date / 年代
1879-1881
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / mia
Digital record / 画像記録
800 × 549 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Published by / 公開者
水野ナギ
Rights / 権利
Public Domain Mark only when record-designated
Attribution / 表記
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Catalog note / 解説

Working closely with skilled craftsmen, Kiyochika expanded the aesthetic range of Japanese woodblock prints. In this image, he replicated the effects of a Western oil painting of a still-life by using chiaroscuro and highlights to suggest volume and space, thus revealing his awareness of this foreign tradition. In order to ensure that his designs were reproduced to his satisfaction, he was deeply involved in the printmaking process-a task traditionally left to professional printers.

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