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Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

late 19th century, before 1870 · Handscroll; ink on paper · Asian Art

After training in the academic Kano school tradition, Kyōsai became an independent painter in Edo (today's Tokyo) during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate. A prolific painter and teacher, he became well known outside Japan through his prominence at the international expositions in Vienna in 1873 and Paris in 1883. These charming, quickly rendered sketches were probably done as models for his students. They reveal the animated brushwork and sure command of form through line that characterize his painting.

Artist

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

Date

late 19th century, before 1870

Medium

Handscroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1937