# Sei Shonagon, from the series Ancient Patterns (Kodai moyo), in Ukiyo-e

Kobayashi Kiyochika designed this in the Meiji period (1896–1912), 1896, aged 49. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: Meiji period (1896–1912), 1896
- Medium: Color woodblock print, oban triptych
- Dimensions: Left: 37.5 × 25 cm (14 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Center: 37.5 × 25 cm (14 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Right: 38.5 × 25.8 cm (15 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.163.1-3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Kobayashi Kiyochika](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/kobayashi-kiyochika), Japanese, 1847–1915

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