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(一風景) by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print

(一風景)

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Ritsumeikan University

Description

Titled (一風景), meaning 'A Landscape' or 'One Scene,' this print presents itself as an unpretentious observational record of a particular place or moment. The neutral framing of the title is consistent with Kiyochika's approach to the urban and suburban landscape as subject matter worthy of direct pictorial attention rather than symbolic elaboration. The composition likely features open sky with atmospheric treatment and a mid-ground subject—a stretch of water, a line of trees, a section of road or bridge—rendered with the tonal restraint characteristic of his mature work. The oban format provided sufficient horizontal expanse for the kind of quiet, observed scene the title suggests, with light and atmospheric conditions carrying the primary pictorial interest across a relatively simple subject.

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(一風景) was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).