Kobayashi Kiyochika

Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyasu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle

Kobayashi Kiyochika's original Japanese woodcut entitled, Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyashu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle at Fushimi Castle originates from a series titled, Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition initiated by the publisher, Matsuki Heikichi, in 1885. It is printed upon nineteenth century Japanese mulberry paper and with full margins as published by Heikichi in 1886. Prints from this series were only issued at the time of publication. No subsequent editions exist. This is a very early impression and is a splendid example of art created by the Japanese artist, Kobayashi Kiyochika. Toyotomi Hideyasu, known as Yuki Hideyasu, and later known as Hideyasu Matsudaira, was the son of Tokugawa leyasu, and the adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was the first feudal lord of the Fukui clan of the Han (region).

Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist, Kobayashi Kiyochika.

Young Nobleman Toyotomi Hideyasu is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer Okuni at Fushimi Castle Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika published by Matsuki Heikichi for Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition

Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyasu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle (Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition)

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05.-		Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyasu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle (Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition) by Kobayashi Kiyochika	Original Woodcut	1886	Published by Matsuki Heikichi	Sold

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Title:	Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyasu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle
Artist:	Kiyochika, Kobayashi (Japan, 1847 - 1915)
Date:	1886
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Publisher:	Matsuki Heikichi
Series:	Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition
	Kobayashi Kiyochika: Along with Yoshitoshi, Kiyochika ranks as the greatest woodcut master of late nineteenth century Japanese art. He has been called both the last great artist of traditional ukiyo-e art and as the first great exponent of the modern Japanese woodcut. In either case his influence has been enormous and no other artist of his era was as successful at amalgamating Western and Japanese styles and ideas.
	Kobayashi Kiyochika was born to a Samurai family of the Edo Shogunate. With the beginning of the Meiji era (1868) and the subsequent collapse of the Shogunate, Kiyochika adapted to a different way of life. He began to seriously study art -- mostly by himself -- although many scholars contend that he studied for a time under the English artist, Charles Wigman. From his earliest woodcuts, Kiyochika experimented with ‘Western’ artistic concerns in the areas of perspective and light and shade. He also appreciated and experimented with such non traditional techniques as lithography, etching and photography. It is certain Kiyochika’s landscape and portrait woodcuts forever changed the course of Japanese art.
	This original Kobayashi Kiyochika woodcut originates from a series, Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition initiated by the publisher, Matsuki Heikichi, in 1885, titled, Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition. Altogether this series contained fifty-two prints by seven different artists (including Yoshitoshi, Chikanobu, Toshikata and Kunichika) and was completed in 1890. Kiyochika's contributions to the set, seventeen in all, were the largest. The series depicted famous individuals and their acts of education in Japanese history. Brief texts decoratively placed within each image provided details and each woodcut was enclosed within a blue, patterned border.
	Kobayashi Kiyochika's approach to the Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition was very decorous as befitted the didactic thrust of the series as a whole. Yet, within this framework, Kiyochika's unquestioned genius for balancing rhythms, lines and colors is seen at its best. In Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyashu, is Moved to Tears ..., for instance, the brilliant play of vertical and diagonal lines both builds perspective and creates bold, almost abstract, patterns. Of further note, this woodcut is only one of several in the entire series that portrays a woman as the primary figure in the composition.
	Prints from the Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition were only issued at the time of publication. No subsequent editions exist. This is a very early impression of Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyashu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle as is evident by the appearance of wood grain in many areas of the woodcut. Altogether this is a splendid example of the art by the Japanese artist, Kobayashi Kiyochika.
	Toyotomi Hideyasu, known as Yuki Hideyasu, and later known as Hideyasu Matsudaira, was the son of Tokugawa leyasu, and the adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was the first feudal lord of the Fukui clan of the Han (region). His adopted father, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a famous samurai warrior, and one of Oda Nobunaga's most distinguished generals who later became a leading ruler during the Sengoku period. Oda Nobunaga was the powerful daimyo (powerful feudal lords who ruled Japan), head of the Oda clan (descendants of the Taira clan), and one of the most formidable warlords of the Sengoku period (a period of social upheaval, disputes, and military conflict in Japanese history marked by many as the 'Age of Civil War'). The statue of Yuki Hideyasu still stands within the premises of the Fukui Castle Ruins, also known as (Kitanosho Castle). The Toyotomi clan crest or emblem (mon, kamon, mondokoro, monsho), depicts the paulownia seal which is still used today to represent the government of Japan, the Matsudaira clan crest looks like a triple hollyhock, and the Oda clan crest (mon), known as the (Oda moukkou) was distinctive for its five petals around the edge, and is believed to represent the flowering Japanese quince. An original woodcut, Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hidey.asu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle is a striking example of the Meiji art created by the Japanese artist, Kobayashi Kiyochika.
Size:	Oban (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed on nineteenth century Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1886 for the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition. A beautiful, bright, early impression and in excellent condition throughout. Prints from the Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition were only issued at the time of publication. No subsequent editions exist Young Nobleman, Toyotomi Hideyashu, is Moved to Tears by the Performance of the Female Dancer, Okuni at Fushimi Castle as is as striking, original example of art of Kobayashi Kiyochika.
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