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from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) by Kawanabe Kyosai — Japanese Woodblock print

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

by Kawanabe Kyosai

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Description

Several pale, small-headed figures with impossibly long, thin limbs interlock across the composition, gripping each other's stretched arms and legs to form a chain-like bridge or ladder shape; one figure lies on its back at the lower left with legs raised. The figures wear small loincloths in red and green, set against a mottled grey background with a spray of red berries and green leaves at the top and a title cartouche at upper right. This woodblock print is from Kawanabe Kyōsai's series "One Hundred Pictures by Kyōsai" (Kyōsai hyakuzu); the year is unknown.

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Frequently Asked Questions

from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).

Yes — from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) is part of the One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai series by Kawanabe Kyosai.