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Captain Kani Ichita by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, January 1895

Captain Kani Ichita

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Meiji/Taishō Prints
FiguresWarriorsPortraits
Date:
January 1895
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Format:
Oban
Dimensions:
36.2 × 24.8 cm

Description

Captain Kani Ichita appears in this January 1895 military portrait as one of the celebrated individual heroes of the First Sino-Japanese War. Kiyochika's series of officer portraits, issued in rapid succession during the 1894–95 campaign, served both as visual news coverage and as collectible memorials for a public following the war through daily press dispatches. The nishiki-e format gave these portraits a vivid colour intensity that newspaper illustration of the era could not match.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Captain Kani Ichita was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in January 1895.

Captain Kani Ichita depicts figures, warriors, and portraits.

Captain Kani Ichita measures 36.2 × 24.8 cm (Oban format).