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Demon of painting : the art of Kawanabe Kyōsai / Timothy Clark ; [foreword by Lawrence Smith].
Clark, Timothy.Date: [1993], ©1993
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Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567359i
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Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).
Shigekiyo.Date: 1870? (?)]Reference: 565385i
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Above, a Kabuki play scene, showing a woman washing the feet of another, watched by a man; below left, the changeling 'Jizō' (Kshitigarbha); below right, an 'entertainment woman' (geisha?) standing on a jetty on the Sumida river at Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with bottom right design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567349i
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Three designs: a sculptor working on the head of a huge wooden statue of a guardian deity; a sage riding backwards on an ox's back; and an artist whose painting of fire has come to life. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1864.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: 1864Reference: 37829i
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A city with western-style buildings (in Japan?), in which a western couple are observed by Japanese. Woodcut after Kyōsai (Gyōsai), 1874.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1874]Reference: 729047i
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Left, two ducks flying over a boat on the Ton[229]e River; above right, a carver chiseling Buddhist sculptures; below right, A man holding a staff stands at a gatehouse (bansho) on the Nakagawa river. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with left design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567336i
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A hawk-headed man attacks a crane; a woman standing on a boat reads her letter and a bird-headed man behind her reads the same letter. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1860s.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [between 1860 and 1869]Reference: 37692i
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The great learning of recent times for women.
Date: [1874]
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A large octopus is encircled by a huge rosary held by various bizarre creatures. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1864.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: 1864Reference: 37699i
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Above, Lo Xuegu(?), a Chinese painter, shown seated in front of his artist's materials, playing a lute-like instrument and singing, while his dog dances; below, an attempt to photograph a Niō (Buddhist diety), who is watched with amusement by a fellow Niō. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567417i
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Above, two deities (?), one of whom is holding a red ball which has rays and the image of a fox emanating from it; below, two women lying on the grass with a cat, with the Hashiba ferry seen crossing the Sumida river between Asakusa and Mukōjima, in the background. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, botom image by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567433i
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The Buddhist guardian deity, Fudô Myôô, reading a government propaganda publication, enthusing about Western customs and modernisation: one attendant prepares meat, another warms sake in the sacred flame. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1874.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: 1874Reference: 37709i
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Above, a festival procession held on the fifth day of the fifth month; below, cherry blossoms at Koganu, west of Tokyo. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567311i
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Above left, a man in Western dress observes a Japanese worker; below left, a figure on a balcony views Sugita bay through a telescope; right, a bird perched on a plum blossom branch, with Sugita bay in the background. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with design on right by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567362i
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People bewitched (?) by a tengu (Japanese mountain demon) Colour woodcut attributed to Kyōsai, 187-(?).
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: Between 1870 and 1879(?)]Reference: 565213i
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Scenes three and four from the play Chūshingura (Treasury of loyal retainers, the forty-seven samurai). Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1870s.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [between 1870 and 1879]Reference: 37705i

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Demon of painting : the art of Kawanabe Kyōsai / Timothy Clark ; [foreword by Lawrence Smith].

Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).

Three designs: a sculptor working on the head of a huge wooden statue of a guardian deity; a sage riding backwards on an ox's back; and an artist whose painting of fire has come to life. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1864.

A city with western-style buildings (in Japan?), in which a western couple are observed by Japanese. Woodcut after Kyōsai (Gyōsai), 1874.

Left, two ducks flying over a boat on the Ton[229]e River; above right, a carver chiseling Buddhist sculptures; below right, A man holding a staff stands at a gatehouse (bansho) on the Nakagawa river. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with left design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.

A hawk-headed man attacks a crane; a woman standing on a boat reads her letter and a bird-headed man behind her reads the same letter. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1860s.

The great learning of recent times for women.

A large octopus is encircled by a huge rosary held by various bizarre creatures. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1864.

Above, Lo Xuegu(?), a Chinese painter, shown seated in front of his artist's materials, playing a lute-like instrument and singing, while his dog dances; below, an attempt to photograph a Niō (Buddhist diety), who is watched with amusement by a fellow Niō. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

The Buddhist guardian deity, Fudô Myôô, reading a government propaganda publication, enthusing about Western customs and modernisation: one attendant prepares meat, another warms sake in the sacred flame. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1874.

Above, a festival procession held on the fifth day of the fifth month; below, cherry blossoms at Koganu, west of Tokyo. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

Above left, a man in Western dress observes a Japanese worker; below left, a figure on a balcony views Sugita bay through a telescope; right, a bird perched on a plum blossom branch, with Sugita bay in the background. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with design on right by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.

People bewitched (?) by a tengu (Japanese mountain demon) Colour woodcut attributed to Kyōsai, 187-(?).

Scenes three and four from the play Chūshingura (Treasury of loyal retainers, the forty-seven samurai). Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1870s.