MEDIA ONLY: Allison Peck 202.633.0447 January 14, 2014 Ellie Reynolds 202.633.0521 www.asia.si.edu/press [email protected] Kiyochika: Master of the Night March 29—July 27, 2014, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery When Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915) returned to his birthplace, which he had known as Edo, in 1874, he found a city transformed. Renamed Tokyo (“Eastern Capital”), it was filled with railroads, steamships, gaslights, telegraph lines, and large brick buildings—never-before-seen entities that were now ingrained in the cityscape. Self-trained as an artist, Kiyochika set out to record his views of Tokyo in a series of 100 woodblock prints. An 1881 fire engulfed the city and ended the project, but the 93 works he had completed were unlike anything previously produced by a Japanese artist. Created primarily at dawn, dusk, and night, the prints depict subjects veiled in sharply angled light, shadows, and darkness. In the exhibition, approximately half of the prints from the series are organized in themes that represent the artist’s unique visions. Images are for press and media use only. Please call or e-mail the F|S Public Affairs and Marketing office at (202) 633-0271 or [email protected] for access to hi-res images for exhibitions or events. Suspension Bridge on Castle Grounds View of Tokyo's Shin-Ohashi bridge in Rain Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, ca. 1879 Meiji era, 1876 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W: 20.5 x 31.9 cm (8 1/16 x 12 9/16 in) H x W (overall): 24 x 35.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.187 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1102 . Year-end Market at Sensōji temple Kudanzaka at Night in Early Summer Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, 1881 Meiji era, 1880 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W (overall): 24.8 x 36.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in) H x W (overall): 24.2 x 35.6 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1107 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1106 Fire Seen from Hisamatsu-chō Manufacturing Pots and Kettles in Kawaguchi Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, 1881 Meiji era, 1879 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W (image): 20.3 x 31.3 cm (8 x 12 5/16 in) H x W: 20.3 x 31.9 cm (8 x 12 9/16 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1224 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1123 Museum Fountain at the Second Domestic Exposition Before Tarō Inari Shrine at the Asakusa Ricefields Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, 1881 Meiji era, 1881 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W: 20.5 x 31.4 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8 in) H x W (overall): 21.2 x 32.1 cm (8 3/8 x 12 5/8 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1140 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1174 View of Takanawa Ushimachi under a Shrouded Moon Night at Nihonbashi Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, 1879 Meiji era, 1881 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W (overall): 20.2 x 32.3 cm (7 15/16 x 12 11/16 in) H x W (overall): 24.4 x 36.6 cm (9 5/8 x 14 7/16 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1179 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1187 Fireworks at Ike-no-Hata Shinbashi Station Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, 1881 Meiji era, 188 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W (overall): 25.4 x 37.6 cm (10 x 14 13/16 in) H x W (overall): 23.9 x 36.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/8 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1197 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1199 Sumida River by Night Ryōgoku After the Fire Kobayashi Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyochika Meiji era, 1881 Meiji era, 1881 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Woodblock print; ink and color on paper H x W (overall): 23.4 x 34.8 cm (9 3/16 x 13 11/16 in) H x W (overall): 20.3 x 30.8 cm (8 x 12 1/8 in) Robert O. Muller Collection Robert O. Muller Collection Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1202 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2003.8.1223 .