print / album
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
Typical Price
- Uncommon or exceptional Kyosai subject in fine condition: $1,000–$5,000
- Good condition standard woodblock print: $300–$1,500
- Common or lesser subject: $100–$500
Description
A print album or collection presenting multiple works in a bound format, allowing Kyosai's sketches and finished compositions to be experienced as a curated sequence rather than as individual sheets. Albums were an important format in Meiji-era printmaking, giving artists control over the context in which their work was encountered and allowing for the kind of sustained aesthetic experience that individual prints could not provide. Kyosai's albums are among the best-documented records of his artistic range.
More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
Old Picture of the Rashômon Gate (Rashômon no ko zu), 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 tsuzuki
Woodblock print
Tsukishimadera Temple in Hyôgo (Hyôgo Tsukishimadera), 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
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
More Figures Prints
Frequently Asked Questions
print / album was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
print / album depicts figures and calligraphy.