Portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichirô, from the series Instructive Guide for Fixing One's Aim and Pressing On (Kyôdô Risshi-ki), Meiji period, dated 1886
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
A variant portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichirō from the Kyōdō Risshi-ki series — the instructive biography of Meiji-era self-made men — depicts the newspaper editor and writer in the format established by the series: an individual rendered in Western or Meiji-hybrid dress against a neutral background, with inscribed biographical notes. Fukuchi's twin careers as journalist and playwright made him one of the most prominent cultural figures of early Meiji Japan, and his portrait appears in multiple versions within Kiyochika's biographical series output.
Portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichirô, from the series Instructive Guide for Fixing One's Aim and Pressing On (Kyôdô Risshi-ki), Meiji period, dated 1886 was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Yes — Portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichirô, from the series Instructive Guide for Fixing One's Aim and Pressing On (Kyôdô Risshi-ki), Meiji period, dated 1886 is part of the Instructive Guide for Fixing One's Aim and Pressing On series by Kobayashi Kiyochika.
Portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichirô, from the series Instructive Guide for Fixing One's Aim and Pressing On (Kyôdô Risshi-ki), Meiji period, dated 1886 depicts portraits.
