Triumphant Arrival of the Emperor at Shinbashi Station

1895

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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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