diptych print
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban diptych
- Source:
- British Museum
Description
A diptych print presenting two panels that work together to create a scene broader than either could contain alone. Kyosai's diptychs are among his less frequently examined formats, but they allow for compositional strategies — mirrored structures, sequential narrative, comparative contrast — unavailable to the single sheet. The work belongs to the rich body of Kyosai's narrative and comic prints in which formal experimentation serves expressive purpose.
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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
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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
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Frequently Asked Questions
diptych print was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
diptych print depicts figures and daily life.