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(龍実山) by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print

(龍実山)

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Ritsumeikan University

Description

The title 龍実山 (Ryūjitsuzan) designates a named mountain or elevated landscape, suggesting this is a meisho-e depicting a specific locale. Kiyochika's landscape subjects from the 1870s and 1880s consistently subordinate topographic specificity to atmospheric effect — mist, filtered sunlight, or dramatic shadow patterns. The mountain is likely depicted from a middle distance with atmospheric haze softening the summit, rendered through layered bokashi in blue and grey tones on the horizon. Foreground elements — trees, a shoreline, or a road — provide spatial recession and anchor the composition. The print probably belongs to his broader series documenting the landscapes around Tokyo and its environs during the early Meiji period.

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(龍実山) was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).