Description

The Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang by Kobayashi Kiyochika printed on a Sweatshirt

Kobayashi Kiyochika designed numerous propagandistic prints during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 and, a decade later, the Russo-Japanese War. This work celebrates achievements in military technology. Japanese soldiers use electric search lights to illuminate their firing target—Chinese troops in Pyongyang, in northern Korea, which is shown ablaze in the background.

About the Sweatshirt

This Unisex Premium Sweatshirt has a classic crew neck, flattering unisex fit, and soft 100% cotton exterior.

• 100% cotton face
• 65% cotton, 35% polyester
• Charcoal Heather is 55% cotton, 45% polyester
• Fabric weight: 8.5 oz./yd.² (288.2 g/m²)
• Tightly knit 3-end fleece 
• Side-seamed construction
• Self-fabric patch on the back
• Double-needle stitched rib collar, cuffs, and hem
• Tear-away label

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)

Kobayashi Kiyochika was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his ukiyo-e colour woodblock prints and newspaper illustrations. His work documents the rapid modernization and Westernization Japanese underwent during the Meiji period (1868–1912) and employs a sense of light and shade called kōsen-ga [ja] inspired by Western art techniques.

His work first found an audience in the 1870s with prints of red-brick buildings and trains that had proliferated after the Meiji Restoration; his prints of the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 were also popular. Woodblock printing fell out of favour during this period, and many collectors consider Kobayashi’s work the last significant example of ukiyo-e.