Triumphant Arrival of the Emperor at Shinbashi Station

1895
Not on view
This triptych created at the height of the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) imagines the arrival of Japan’s Meiji Emperor at a major train station in the capital of Tokyo. The figures’ military regalia in the foreground and the patriotic display of flags around Tokyo Station in the far-right distance both celebrate military, economic, and industrial modernization, key aspects of Japanese nationalism at the turn of the twentieth century.

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  • 小林清親画 「凱旋新橋ステーション御着之図」
  • Title: Triumphant Arrival of the Emperor at Shinbashi Station
  • Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
  • Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
  • Date: 1895
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Each panel: 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
  • Object Number: JP3258
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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