production of shunga became scarce. Kiyochika is one of the artists not known to have produced any erotic art. Legacy Kiyochika's depictions of the Westernization of Meiji Japan has both benefited and hindered later assessment of his work; it disappoints collectors looking for an idealized Japan of old that lures many to ukiyo-e, while it provides a historical record of the radical changes of the time. became a student of Kiyochika's and used dramatic lighting effects inspired by Kiyochika's in his work; he worked in the Kobayashi home for nineteen years. Richard Lane wrote that Kiyochika could represent "either the last important ukiyo-e master, or the first noteworthy print artist of modern Japan", but that "it is probably most accurate to regard him as an anachronistic survival from an earlier age, a minor hero whose best efforts to adapt ukiyo-e to the new world of Meiji Japan were not quite enough". He considered Kiyochika's best works to fall short of Hiroshige's greatest, but to be on par with the best of Kuniyoshi and Kunisada. References Works cited Further reading External links Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art Prints from Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō ("Long live Japan: 100 victories, 100 laughs") The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: as seen in prints and archives (Gallery page) (British Library/Japan Center for Asian Historical Records) 1847 births 1915 deaths Ukiyo-e artists 19th-century Japanese painters 20th-century Japanese painters 20th-century printmakers