1895
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
参謀本部行啓之図|Illustration of the Empress Visiting the General Staff Headquarters [to present a tray of bandages] (Sanbō honbu gyōkei no zu) is a 1895 ink by Kobayashi Kiyochika, a Impressionism work, depicting Queen, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows three scenes with people in fancy clothes. The first panel has two women and a man in bright robes with red embroidery. The middle panel shows a woman sitting on a red platform holding a tray, with another woman beside her. The last panel features a man in a military uniform standing with two women. The red curtains and bold colors stand out in all three scenes. The artist used simple shapes and flat colors, almost like a storybook illustration. Look up Kobayashi Kiyochika to see more of his work.
Kiyochika grew up in Tokyo when the city was turning from samurai streets into a modern capital.
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