September 7, 2024 at 12:58 AM
August 28, 2024 at 9:10 PM
April 21, 2024 at 5:18 PM
#KawanabeKyosai (1831-1889)
Giant Cat
#japanese #painter #caricaturist
Interesting Footnote: A two-fold screen by Kawanabe Kyosai sold in 2000 for a record-breaking £400,000 British Pounds at Christies, London.
Giant Cat
#japanese #painter #caricaturist
Interesting Footnote: A two-fold screen by Kawanabe Kyosai sold in 2000 for a record-breaking £400,000 British Pounds at Christies, London.
November 8, 2024 at 5:27 AM
#KawanabeKyosai (1831-1889)
Giant Cat
#japanese #painter #caricaturist
Interesting Footnote: A two-fold screen by Kawanabe Kyosai sold in 2000 for a record-breaking £400,000 British Pounds at Christies, London.
Giant Cat
#japanese #painter #caricaturist
Interesting Footnote: A two-fold screen by Kawanabe Kyosai sold in 2000 for a record-breaking £400,000 British Pounds at Christies, London.
January 12, 2024 at 6:43 AM
January 12, 2024 at 6:34 AM
#KawanabeKyōsai
Cat Catching a Frog,
Cat Catching a Frog,
December 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#KawanabeKyōsai
Cat Catching a Frog,
Cat Catching a Frog,
#KawanabeKyosai (1831-1889) "Nachi Falls". ca.1863, #woodblock print #japanese #ukiyo-e #MuseumofFineArts, Boston
November 2, 2023 at 12:32 AM
#KawanabeKyosai (1831-1889) "Nachi Falls". ca.1863, #woodblock print #japanese #ukiyo-e #MuseumofFineArts, Boston
#KawanabeKyosai (b.1831) was a drinker & a genius, a painter and printmaker of the weird, the comic, and the obscure. He belonged to the generation of #ukiyo-e artists in transformation from the #Edo to the #Meiji period (Middle Ages to a Modern Industrialized Society). Frolicking Skeletons 1870.
April 12, 2024 at 11:40 PM
#KawanabeKyosai (b.1831) was a drinker & a genius, a painter and printmaker of the weird, the comic, and the obscure. He belonged to the generation of #ukiyo-e artists in transformation from the #Edo to the #Meiji period (Middle Ages to a Modern Industrialized Society). Frolicking Skeletons 1870.
Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai by #KawanabeKyōsai (1870s)
#death #skeleton #painting #art
#death #skeleton #painting #art
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai by #KawanabeKyōsai (1870s)
#death #skeleton #painting #art
#death #skeleton #painting #art
#KawanabeKyosai (b.1831) was a drinker & a genius, a painter and printmaker of the weird, the comic, and the obscure. He belonged to the generation of #ukiyo-e artists in transformation from the #Edo to the #Meiji period (Middle Ages to a Modern Industrialized Society). Frolicking Skeletons 1870
September 3, 2024 at 7:25 AM
#KawanabeKyosai (b.1831) was a drinker & a genius, a painter and printmaker of the weird, the comic, and the obscure. He belonged to the generation of #ukiyo-e artists in transformation from the #Edo to the #Meiji period (Middle Ages to a Modern Industrialized Society). Frolicking Skeletons 1870
#KawanabeKyosai !839-1889)
"A Steam Locomotive Journey to Heaven", ca.1872
#japanese #painting #SeikadoBunkoArtMuseum.
There is a very sad story about this painting. A man whose daughter died at a young age commissioned Kyosai to create a painting as a memorial to his daughter.
"A Steam Locomotive Journey to Heaven", ca.1872
#japanese #painting #SeikadoBunkoArtMuseum.
There is a very sad story about this painting. A man whose daughter died at a young age commissioned Kyosai to create a painting as a memorial to his daughter.
February 21, 2024 at 8:07 AM
#KawanabeKyosai !839-1889)
"A Steam Locomotive Journey to Heaven", ca.1872
#japanese #painting #SeikadoBunkoArtMuseum.
There is a very sad story about this painting. A man whose daughter died at a young age commissioned Kyosai to create a painting as a memorial to his daughter.
"A Steam Locomotive Journey to Heaven", ca.1872
#japanese #painting #SeikadoBunkoArtMuseum.
There is a very sad story about this painting. A man whose daughter died at a young age commissioned Kyosai to create a painting as a memorial to his daughter.
Subscribers to the Asahi Shinbun can get these superb free Kawanabe Kyōsai prints. I'm not a subscriber, but my wife's friend is, so I could get the set.
#KawanabeKyōsai #河鍋暁斎 #Yokai #妖怪 #JapaneseArt
#KawanabeKyōsai #河鍋暁斎 #Yokai #妖怪 #JapaneseArt
August 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Subscribers to the Asahi Shinbun can get these superb free Kawanabe Kyōsai prints. I'm not a subscriber, but my wife's friend is, so I could get the set.
#KawanabeKyōsai #河鍋暁斎 #Yokai #妖怪 #JapaneseArt
#KawanabeKyōsai #河鍋暁斎 #Yokai #妖怪 #JapaneseArt
#KawanabeKyosai (1831-1889), drawings for Nishiki-e woodblock print showing Warriors Oishi Sezaemon Nobukiyo and Terasaka Kichiemon Nobuyuki from the series Kenroku Yamato Kagami Genroku Yamato Nishiki / Kawanabe Kyosai, 1886. The finished piece is number 4.
Harvard Art Museum’s collections
Harvard Art Museum’s collections
January 12, 2024 at 8:17 PM
#KawanabeKyosai (1831-1889), drawings for Nishiki-e woodblock print showing Warriors Oishi Sezaemon Nobukiyo and Terasaka Kichiemon Nobuyuki from the series Kenroku Yamato Kagami Genroku Yamato Nishiki / Kawanabe Kyosai, 1886. The finished piece is number 4.
Harvard Art Museum’s collections
Harvard Art Museum’s collections
Kawanabe Kyosai, Crow on a Branch, 1880s
#KawanabeKyosai #Crow #kyosai #japaneseart #arthistory #art #artaddict
#KawanabeKyosai #Crow #kyosai #japaneseart #arthistory #art #artaddict
February 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Kawanabe Kyosai, Crow on a Branch, 1880s
#KawanabeKyosai #Crow #kyosai #japaneseart #arthistory #art #artaddict
#KawanabeKyosai #Crow #kyosai #japaneseart #arthistory #art #artaddict
Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889)
Tales of Aesop.
#japaneseart #japaneseartist #japanesepainting #KawanabeKyosai #河鍋暁斎
Tales of Aesop.
#japaneseart #japaneseartist #japanesepainting #KawanabeKyosai #河鍋暁斎
September 4, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889)
Tales of Aesop.
#japaneseart #japaneseartist #japanesepainting #KawanabeKyosai #河鍋暁斎
Tales of Aesop.
#japaneseart #japaneseartist #japanesepainting #KawanabeKyosai #河鍋暁斎
This is 'Ghost', created by Kawanabe Kyōsai around 1868 - 70. It is ink in light colour and gold on silk.
#art #Japan #ghost #KawanabeKyosai
#art #Japan #ghost #KawanabeKyosai
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is 'Ghost', created by Kawanabe Kyōsai around 1868 - 70. It is ink in light colour and gold on silk.
#art #Japan #ghost #KawanabeKyosai
#art #Japan #ghost #KawanabeKyosai
#KawanabeKyosai (b.1831) was a drinker & a genius, a painter and printmaker of the weird, the comic, and the obscure. He belonged to the generation of #ukiyo-e artists in transformation from the #Edo to the #Meiji period (Middle Ages to a Modern Industrialized Society). Frolicking Skeletons 1870
October 7, 2023 at 4:32 AM
#KawanabeKyosai (b.1831) was a drinker & a genius, a painter and printmaker of the weird, the comic, and the obscure. He belonged to the generation of #ukiyo-e artists in transformation from the #Edo to the #Meiji period (Middle Ages to a Modern Industrialized Society). Frolicking Skeletons 1870
Created by Kawanabe Kyōsai depicting a female ghost carrying a male's severed head. The piece can be seen at the British museum.
#art #gold #ghost #female #severedhead #KawanabeKyosai
#art #gold #ghost #female #severedhead #KawanabeKyosai
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Created by Kawanabe Kyōsai depicting a female ghost carrying a male's severed head. The piece can be seen at the British museum.
#art #gold #ghost #female #severedhead #KawanabeKyosai
#art #gold #ghost #female #severedhead #KawanabeKyosai
« Jigoku dayu » (Hell Courtesan), 1874
by Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese master, 1831-1889)
color woodcut, 35x24 cm
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KawanabeKyosai #yokai #yorei #japanesemythology
by Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese master, 1831-1889)
color woodcut, 35x24 cm
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KawanabeKyosai #yokai #yorei #japanesemythology
April 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
« Jigoku dayu » (Hell Courtesan), 1874
by Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese master, 1831-1889)
color woodcut, 35x24 cm
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KawanabeKyosai #yokai #yorei #japanesemythology
by Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese master, 1831-1889)
color woodcut, 35x24 cm
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KawanabeKyosai #yokai #yorei #japanesemythology
#ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #DemonArt #Samurai #OniMask #VillainArt #JapaneseArt #RyūkōsaiJokei #KawanabeKyōsai #Mysterious #SamuraiWarrior #DemonSamurai #ArtStyle #CreativeIllustration
February 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #DemonArt #Samurai #OniMask #VillainArt #JapaneseArt #RyūkōsaiJokei #KawanabeKyōsai #Mysterious #SamuraiWarrior #DemonSamurai #ArtStyle #CreativeIllustration