Sheet of letter paper
Description
A woodblock-printed sheet of letter paper — kaishi or hanshi — decorated with Kyosai's characteristic imagery, intended for use in correspondence and combining practical function with artistic pleasure. Decorated letter paper was a common product of Meiji-era printmakers, allowing ordinary people to conduct their daily correspondence on sheets bearing images by major artists. Kyosai's version would carry whatever motif he chose — birds, flowers, comic figures, or seasonal imagery — across paper designed for writing.
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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Sheet of letter paper was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Sheet of letter paper depicts calligraphy and daily life.