A comic picture titled
Description
A single sheet from one of Kyosai's comic publications, bearing a title that roughly translates as a "funny picture." Kyosai's comic prints occupy a specific tradition in Japanese art — the okashie or "funny picture" — that used exaggeration, parody, and visual wit to comment on social conditions, human folly, and the absurdity of daily life. Even when the specific subject is unclear from context alone, the prints demonstrate the extraordinary draftsmanship that made Kyosai's humor so compelling: every brushstroke carries conviction, even in jest.
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Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
1863
Woodblock print
Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
2022
Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
Gontazaka, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
A comic picture titled was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
A comic picture titled depicts figures and daily life.