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As James Ulak from the Smithsonian noted for their 2014 exhibition “Master of Night”: “Often silhouetted, Kiyochika’s figures are at once together and alone—observers, rather than actors, in an oddly quiet landscape.” With a layer of sparkling mica that enlivens the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eVery good impression, color and condition. Barely visible center fold and hinging remnants verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e ôban horizontal (23.3 x 33.7 cm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fukada Kumajirô\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterature: \u003c\/strong\u003eTokichi Sakai, Kiyochika, The Japan Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e, translation by N.S. Gankow, 1969, no. 77. Henry D. Smith II, Kiyo-Chika: Artist of Meiji Japan, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988, p. 35, no. 23. 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