About the artist
Hitoshi Kiyohara was a print artist active during the early 20th century. Born in Ibaraki prefecture, he studied under both Fuko Matsumoto and Nanpu Katayama. He initially worked as a nihonga or "Japanese-style painting" artist under the name "Sei" but in the 1940s he designed a series of prints depicting children at play. The series was published by Kato Junji.