kawanabe-kyosai
Description
A woodblock print bearing the artist's name as its primary subject, likely a frontispiece or artist's portrait print used for presentation or publication. Kyosai was a public figure whose name and persona were themselves subjects of popular fascination in Meiji Japan — he cultivated a reputation as the "demon of painting" (Gaki), and images associating his name with his wild creative energy circulated widely. Even such self-referential works carry the density and confidence that characterize everything that passed through his hands.
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
kawanabe-kyosai was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
kawanabe-kyosai depicts figures and portraits.