Destruction by Fire of the Imperial Diet (Teikoku gijidō enjō no zu 帝国議事堂炎上之圖)
Destruction by Fire of the Imperial Diet (Teikoku gijidō enjō no zu 帝国議事堂炎上之圖)

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Destruction by Fire of the Imperial Diet (Teikoku gijidō enjō no zu 帝国議事堂炎上之圖),

1891 [Meiji 24]

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1847–1915
Published by Inoue Kichijirō 井上吉次郎
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2009-153 a-c

Information

Title
Destruction by Fire of the Imperial Diet (Teikoku gijidō enjō no zu 帝国議事堂炎上之圖)
Dates

1891 [Meiji 24]

Maker
Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親
Published by Inoue Kichijirō 井上吉次郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet: 37.1 x 25.3 cm. (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2009-153 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Kiyochika
Marks/Labels/Seals
Written on back of sheet a: [...] / 7957
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
figures (representations), trees, fires, buildings, night, darkness, reflections, shadows

–2009 Israel Goldman (London, UK), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.

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