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
This woodblock print by Kawanabe Kyosai, from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu), shows a dark-roofed building with white pillars, in front of which a cluster of indigo-robed figures lie sprawled and tangled at odd angles, with a small red-clad figure visible at the lower edge. Above the roofline, against a swirling blue ground, a dark brown horned animal tumbles head-first through the air beside a pale sinuous form and a rounded green shape. Indigo, white, and brown dominate the palette, with small red accents, giving the scene a chaotic, tumbling mood.
More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai
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1863
Woodblock print
Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
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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.