Triptych: Night Patrol in the Snow near Niu-chuang (Gyûsô fukin setsuya no sekkô), Meiji period,
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban triptych
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Typical Price
- Fine atmospheric night or light-picture scene in excellent condition: $2,000–$8,000
- Good condition kosen-ga landscape: $500–$2,000
- Later impression or average condition: $150–$600
Description
The night patrol near Niuchang (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō) — Japanese scouts moving through snow-covered Manchurian terrain in the freezing darkness — appears in this triptych variant of the dated 1894 composition on the same subject. The night patrol in snow was among Kiyochika's most atmospheric war subjects, the composition stripped to near-abstraction: dark figures against white ground, a faint sky, the tracks of men moving through the cold. The scouts' vulnerability in this exposed terrain contrasts with the disciplined military bearing Kiyochika always conferred on Japanese soldiers.
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Triptych: Night Patrol in the Snow near Niu-chuang (Gyûsô fukin setsuya no sekkô), Meiji period, was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Triptych: Night Patrol in the Snow near Niu-chuang (Gyûsô fukin setsuya no sekkô), Meiji period, depicts snow scenes and night scenes.