July 6, 2014

Four woodblock prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika, c. 1880

Sumida River by Night (1881)




  Night at Nihonbashi (1881)



Night Stalls at Asakusa (1881)




Fireflies at Ochanomizu (1880)



-- Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915), from exhibition "Kiyochika: Master of the Night," at Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC, March 29–July 27, 2014. All artworks from Robert O. Muller Collection.