Fukuchi Gen'ichirō, from the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition (Kyōdō risshi motoi)
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- 1885 (Meiji 18)
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Fukuchi Gen'ichirō — newspaper editor, playwright, and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of early Meiji Japan — appears in this 1885 portrait print from Kiyochika's series Kyōdō risshi motoi (Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition). Fukuchi founded the Tōkyō Nichi Nichi Shimbun and championed Western-style journalism in Japan; his inclusion in a series celebrating self-made success reflects the Meiji cult of ambition and modernisation. Kiyochika rendered him with the dignified naturalism he brought to all his figure portraiture.
Fukuchi Gen'ichirō, from the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition (Kyōdō risshi motoi) was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1885 (Meiji 18).
Yes — Fukuchi Gen'ichirō, from the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition (Kyōdō risshi motoi) is part of the Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition series by Kobayashi Kiyochika.
Fukuchi Gen'ichirō, from the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition (Kyōdō risshi motoi) depicts figures and portraits.
Fukuchi Gen'ichirō, from the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition (Kyōdō risshi motoi) measures 36.2 × 24.1 cm (Oban format).
