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Skeleton Tapestry, Kawanabe Kyosai, Japanese Tapestry, Tapestry Vintage, Meiji Period, Skeleton Art, Art Tapestry, Japanese Woodblock, Vintage Tapestry

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Jigoku dayu (Hell Courtesan) - Kawanabe Kyōsai - Google Arts & Culture

Using an arm to prop up her head, this woman dreams of numerous skeletons playing, dancing, drinking and frolicking about her. She is not disturbed by thes...

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Skull with lizard by Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889) Kawanabe Kyosai, Japanese Flash, Asian Artwork, Painting Drawing Ideas, Cherry Trees, Momento Mori, Horse Tattoo, Japanese Tattoo Art, Horse Drawings

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Skull with lizard by Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889)

Skull with lizard by Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889)

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The Most Fantastic Monsters From Literature

The human imagination is continually active and so vivid that imagined beings constantly threaten to overwhelm our sense of reality. Fantastic creatures are found in art of all times and places, but people in some cultures feel more threatened by them.

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Kawanabe Kyosai: Nothing Escaped His Brush | Works from the exhibition | Exhibitions | Suntory Museum of Art

Works from the exhibition: Kawanabe Kyosai, the “demon of painting,” was an artistic genius active in a great variety of fields. For many years, assessments of his oeuvre focused on his caricatures and his paintings of ghosts, demons, and other fey creatures. Recent research, however, has been revealing how, based on the brushwork techniques he carried on from the Surugadai branch of the Kano school and his highly individual sensibility, Kyosai expanded his range of activities. This…

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Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 | Crow on a Branch | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Crow On A Branch, The Crow Tattoo, The Fox And The Crow, Ghost Forest, Kawanabe Kyosai, Art Ghost, Old Illustration, Crow Tattoo, Japanese Symbol

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Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 | Crow on a Branch | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 | Crow on a Branch | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Beauty Before a Screen | Kawanabe Kyosai Kawanabe Kyosai, Traditional Japanese Painting, Silk Image, Vintage Japanese Art, Ancient Japan, Heian Period, Geisha Art, Asian Painting, Albrecht Dürer

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Hell Courtesan | Cleveland Museum of Art

Kawanabe Kyōsai repeated this large-scale composition with variations a number of times. In this version, a famous 15th-century courtesan known for wearing a robe with images of the Buddhist hells

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Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889, Japanese) at The Great Cat

Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889, Japanese) was born the son of a samurai...When he was just 6 yrs old, he was admitted to the school of Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

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Monkeys Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889) Period: Meiji period (1868–1912) Date: 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. (36.2 x 27.6 cm) Classification: Painting Kawanabe Kyosai, Traditional Japanese Painting, Monkey Painting, Illustration Of Animals, Wild Animal Art, Japanese Macaque, Monkey Wall Art, Japanese Animals, Sculpture Textile

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Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 | Monkeys | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monkeys Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889) Period: Meiji period (1868–1912) Date: 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. (36.2 x 27.6 cm) Classification: Painting

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Kawanabe Kyosai (1871-89) Hanging Scroll: Skeletons Kawanabe Kyosai, Skeletons Dancing, Friends Dance, Japanese Monster, Japan Painting, Japanese Drawings, Japanese Art Prints, Arte Punk, Japanese Folklore

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Kawanabe Kyosai (1871-89) Hanging Scroll: Skeletons

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百鬼夜行: Kawanabe Kyōsai, Painter of Insanity Kawanabe Kyosai, Japanese Reference, Skeleton Anatomy, Skeleton Drawings, Japanese Drawings, Skulls And Bones, Japanese Folklore, Japanese Illustration, Skeleton Art

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Kawanabe Kyōsai, Painter of Insanity

I have been asked to do my best to explain this: I'd love to tell you about the ironic subtleties included to mock the upper crust of Japanese society, the unique use of tools to create images that remind one of the transience of life, the hidden meaning of the work which delves into existentialism and the wonders and amusements of the floating world. Nope. It's a fart battle. That's all. Sure, there are a few little interesting tidbits. Feel free to check out the rest of the scroll. It…

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