Harimaze
Description
A harimaze print — a format in which multiple smaller images are arranged on a single large sheet like a collage — presenting a compilation of Kyosai's subjects across different scales and genres. Harimaze were popular partly because they offered collectors multiple images for the price of one, and partly because the arrangement itself became a compositional challenge: how to place disparate images in relation to one another so the whole sheet achieves visual coherence. Kyosai's version would demonstrate his mastery of both micro and macro compositional scale.
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Harimaze was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Harimaze depicts figures and daily life.