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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Kawanabe Kyōsai
1831–1889 · Japanese
- Born
- 1831 · Koga
- Died
- 1889 · Tokyo Prefecture
60 works in the Collect24 Registry
Every work carries a permanent Collect24 Art ID, the way a book has an ISBN.
Kawanabe Kyōsai was a Japanese painter and caricaturist. Art historian Timothy Clark described him as "an individualist and an independent, perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting".
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Kawanabe Kyōsai (河鍋 暁斎; May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889) was a Japanese painter and caricaturist. In the words of art historian Timothy Clark, "an individualist and an independent, perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting".
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60
Registered works
60
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Kawanabe Kyōsai
Selected from 60 works by Kawanabe Kyōsai in the Collect24 Registry.
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch, 1880s
color woodblock print
37.5 × 52.1 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-201548
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Hell Courtesan, 1871–89
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
144.2 × 67.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-113237
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Live Wild Tiger (Konjaku miken, Ikimono mōko no shinzu), sixth month 1860
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
36.5 × 25.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-273128
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Sketches of East Asian Legendary Figures, late 19th century
Ink on paper
20.3 × 12.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-135214
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Deer and Monkeys, ca. 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 26.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132977
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Owl Mocked by Small Birds, ca. 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 27.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132976
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Cat Catching a Frog, ca. 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
35.9 × 27 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132974
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Monkeys, March 1888
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 27.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132973
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Eagle Holding Small Bird, ca. 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 27.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132975
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Rabbits, ca. 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 28.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132972
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Crow and Willow Tree, November 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 26.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132706
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
Cranes in Marsh, ca. 1887
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
36.2 × 26.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-132705
Museums and collections
Where works by Kawanabe Kyōsai are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
52 works
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
5 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
3 works
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