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

This woodblock print by Kawanabe Kyosai, from the series *One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai* (Kyôsai hyakuzu), arranges several unrelated vignettes on a single toned, grayish-tan sheet rather than one continuous scene. In the upper portion, a small inset box with pale objects sits against a teal-blue ground next to a bare-chested figure with wild, dark hair and a companion draped in a red-orange patterned robe; columns of Japanese text separate this from a lower river scene rendered in indigo wave patterns, where several men in loincloths grapple or bend in exertion beside a small brown dog at the lower left. The palette is limited to indigo blue, black outlines, and cream, with accents of red-orange and green, and the loose, quick brushwork gives the whole sheet an energetic, sketch-like quality.