Original woodblock print triptych - Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)- Emperor Takakura's Palace Servants - Number 5 小式部内侍(Koshikibunonaishi) from the series "Kyodo risshi motoi" 教導立志基 (Role Models of Self-cultivated Success) - Japan - 1886 (Meiji 19) The sign of shin shou rou kiyochika(清親) is written on . See Tokyo Metropolitan Library: http://archive.library.metro.tokyo.jp/da/detail?tilcod=0000000003-00009952 Kiyochi Kobayashi is good at drawing light and shadows. Light and shadow are well drawn in the art works exhibited this time Role Models of Self-cultivated Success(memo) Published from 1883 to 1899 Kiyochika Kobayashi, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Toshikata Mizuno, Yasuharu Inoue (exploration) in a historical lesson series (lesson picture) And so on. This time, I will introduce the one printed in 1902. memo Kobayashi Kiyochika can be said to have been the last woodblock print artist. He was born in Asakusa in 1847, the son of a samurai. He studied western art and Japanese art, aiming to become a ukiyoe(wood-block print) artist The disciples include inoue yasuji,Taguchi Yonesaku, and Tsuchiya koitsu. Representative works include “Tokyo meisho-zu” and “neko ni chochin”.