from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
- Series:
- One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Image courtesy of
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Description
A golden seated figure resembling a Buddhist deity rests atop an elevated platform at the upper center, haloed by radiating gold rays with a burst of jagged light in the upper left corner; scattered gold coins cover the ground beneath it. Below and around the pedestal, several figures react in animated poses — one in a blue robe bows low with hands pressed together, one in a pink/red robe lies collapsed face-down on the ground, and two white-haired figures at right gesture and lean in with open-mouthed expressions. The palette is limited to cream, black outline, gold, blue, and pink/red, with multiple blocks of Japanese text in cartouches surrounding the scene; this woodblock print is from Kawanabe Kyōsai's series One Hundred Pictures by Kyōsai (Kyōsai hyakuzu), year unknown.
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
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
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.