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Figures from Ôtsu-e Paintings in a Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Ôtsu-e no azuma kudari), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) by Kawanabe Kyosai — Japanese Woodblock print

Figures from Ôtsu-e Paintings in a Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Ôtsu-e no azuma kudari), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)

by Kawanabe Kyosai

Meiji/Taishō Prints
FiguresTravel Scenes
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Source:
mfa

Description

A print from the "One Hundred Pictures by Kyosai" series parody characters from Otsu-e folk painting traveling the Eastern Road — a subject that layers multiple cultural references simultaneously. Otsu-e were folk paintings produced near Otsu on Lake Biwa, sold to travelers on the Tokaido, featuring iconic subjects like the devil reciting prayers or the monk Chokwanso. Kyosai transforms these folk images into characters in his own visual narrative, honoring popular tradition while subjecting it to his own irreverent intelligence.

More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai

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 by Kawanabe Kyosai

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

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Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster

from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) by Kawanabe Kyosai

from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)

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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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Midas, Shôwa period, dated 1965? by Hideo Hagiwara

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Gundari Myôô, Shôwa period, dated 1962 by Kihei Sasajima

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Frequently Asked Questions

Figures from Ôtsu-e Paintings in a Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Ôtsu-e no azuma kudari), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).

Yes — Figures from Ôtsu-e Paintings in a Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Ôtsu-e no azuma kudari), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) is part of the One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai series by Kawanabe Kyosai.

Figures from Ôtsu-e Paintings in a Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Ôtsu-e no azuma kudari), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) depicts figures and travel scenes.