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 woodblock print divided into several small vignettes populated by comic figures, including a bearded man seated at a low table with writing tools, a robed figure gesturing with raised arms, a rotund seated figure in patterned robes surrounded by bundled sacks, and a child-like attendant holding a fan; each scene is framed separately with columns of Japanese text and cartouches above. The palette is dominated by flat washes of red, blue-grey, mustard yellow, and black outlines on cream paper, giving the composition a lively, caricature-like tone. This sheet is from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu) by Kawanabe Kyosai, a woodblock print of unknown date.
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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
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.