$5,000–$40,000. Common subjects: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
"The Kiss" is one of Kobayakawa's most charged and unusual subjects — two figures in the act of kissing, a physical intimacy rarely depicted in Japanese bijin-ga. Western influence on modern Japanese sexuality and social behavior was a contested topic in 1930s Japan, and the public kiss — made visible by cinema and Western fashion — was a symbol of this influence. Kobayakawa's willingness to depict the kiss directly, without irony or distancing, is characteristic of his commitment to depicting the modern world his subjects actually inhabited.
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Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
The Kiss was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in Not set.
The Kiss was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
The Kiss depicts figures, bijin-ga, and portraits.
