Kiyochika | Shoho Era, Flower patterns
小林清亲 Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
花模样 承应 万治顷
Shoho Era, from the series of Flower patterns(Hana moyô)
1896
木版画 | 三联续绘-纵绘大判 | 37.3cm x 25.5cm x 3
Woodblock-print | Triptych-Oban-tate-e | 37.3cm x 25.5cm x 3
初版；颜色鲜艳；品相非常好
First edition; great color and condition
$1,600
19世纪90年代，随着日本明治期的飞速近代化进程，人们开始怀念起逝去的江户时代。为了迎合这种情愫，1896年，小林清亲创作了这套名为《花模样》的大判美人图三联绘系列。全套共计10幅，按照年号顺序，描绘了江户时期庆长至天保年间（约1596-1844）具有代表性的美人画像。作为清亲唯一的成套美人图，作者明显为此系列投入了更多心血。无论从艺术水准还是收藏价值而言，都较其他散作美人图更高。
本作中所对应的背景时代，为江户早期的承应至万治年间（约1652-1661）。世界三大火灾之一的明历大火，正是发生于此时期。为了还原出江户期的“古早味”，清亲用颇具歌麿之风的开脸，白虞美人纹的团扇，江户早期女性盛行的大发髻和鬓丝造型，以及图案风格灵动大胆的和服等几项充满年代感的元素，赋予了美人浓厚的时代气息。从她身后淡绿的薄纱帘外隐约透露的几点渔火和船只的轮廓可知，这位美人此刻也徜徉船中，正享受着江户时代最受欢迎的夏日消遣之一——傍晚行舟。近前方的游船头上，赤膊的艄公正奋力划桨；船内，是奏乐玩乐的青年男女们。一个多世纪前江户风的悠闲自得，带给明治期的人们以心灵慰藉；而在又一个多世纪后，画中那清新纯粹的美感，仍令我们现代人心驰神往。
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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
Perhaps no Japanese woodblock print artist bridged the styles of the Edo and Meiji eras as well as Kobayashi Kiyochika. While some of his notable designs, especially his bijin or “beautiful women” prints, harkened back to the classic days of Ukiyoe, his later work documented the rapid modernization and Westernization of Japan. Indeed, he experimented — at times more successfully than others — with depicting light and shade in the manner of Western art.
Apparently self-taught, Kiychika’s first known prints date from the 1870s and are rampent with signs of modernization — red brick buildings and trains proliferate. Then he took a step back, creating “100 Famous Views of Musashi,” a modern hommage to Hiroshige and the beauty of then-vanishing traditional Japan. After this he mysteriously disappeared from the scene before emerging to focus on dramatic war scenes and more views of fast-evolving Tokyo. Later, he worked as a newspaper illustrator. He died in 1915, having travelled through time.