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Kawanabe Kyōsai

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Ink painting of an owl on a branch, mocked by two small birds, one flying and one perched above.

Owl Mocked by Small Birds

ca. 1887

Ink painting of a black crow in flight on a pale silk ground, with a red seal and signature in the lower right.

Crow Flying in the Snow

ca. 1887

Ink painting of a bird on a branch above a pale frog, with red berries and leaves on a grey silk ground.

Bird and Frog

ca. 1887

Ink painting of a black crow in flight with spread wings beneath drooping willow branches on a grey background.

Crow and Willow Tree

November 1887

Seated Buddha with praying hands beside a snarling horned demon, with orange flames and a pale halo behind, on a rocky cliff.

Shakyamuni Subjugating Demons

ca. 1888

Calligraphy and Painting Party

Calligraphy and Painting Party

1880

Ink painting of a tanuki raccoon dog peering down at its reflection in water on a hanging scroll.

Tanuki (Racoon Dog) Viewing Its Reflection in Water

late 19th century

Ink and color handscroll of a goblin procession: a large raccoon-dog figure in a kimono beside a grinning creature.

Night Procession of Goblins (Hyakki yagyo no zu)

c.1865

Loose ink sketches of several seated and crouching robed figures in East Asian dress on pale paper.

Sketches of East Asian Legendary Figures

late 19th century

Hanging scroll showing a rooster, a carp streamer, a red-robed Shōki figure with a sword, and bamboo banners.

Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Shōki Banner

before 1870

Hell Courtesan

Hell Courtesan

1871-89

Ink painting of a crowded gathering of men on the floor, many painting or writing calligraphy, framed by hanging scroll paint

Painting Party

1880

Woman in patterned kimono standing before a painted screen showing a moon, clouds and plants.

Beauty Before a Screen

1800

Ink and colour wash painting of seven round-faced women in kimono gathered around a long paper scroll with brushes.

Seven Otafukus

Seated Buddha with clasped hands beside a shaggy fanged beast, flames and a pale moon behind them on rocky ground.

Shakyamuni Conquering the Demons (Shaka Gōma-zu)

1888

Ink painting of two mice on and in a melon, with a bird flying past white hibiscus flowers and grasses.

Mice in a Melon

1887

Two rabbits on a rock beneath berry branches, one holding a small dead rodent in its paws, in grey ink and colour.

Rabbits

1887

Ink and colour painting of a seated white-robed Guanyin beneath willows, with a gilded vessel and carp in water below.

白衣観音図

1887

Long theatre curtain painting with demons, ghosts, a skeleton and a red mask, framed by red crest motifs.

Theatre Curtain of Shintomi-za, with an Impromputu Sketch Monster

1880

Hanging scroll of misty mountains and a river with a small boat, rocky shore and pines in grey ink wash.

Landscape with River in Mountainous Country [left of a triptych]

1884

Hanging scroll of three crossbills perched on a bare branch, painted in ink and soft color on pale paper.

Three Crossbills on a Leafless Tree

1878

Ink painting of a bearded old man in a tall headdress and robes, leaning on a staff, on a hanging scroll.

Jurōjin [center of a triptych]

1884

Ink landscape of a moonlit river with a man fishing from a boat, a large tree on the right and misty mountains behind.

Chinese-style Landscape with Man Fishing from a Boat by Moonlight [right of a triptych]

1884

Hanging scroll of a woman in patterned kimono dancing with a fan beside a crouching demon and hanging wisteria.

Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest

1872

Ink and colour sketch of a white nekomata cat in red clothing and a tanuki badger, with additional animal sketches around the

Frolicking Animals, Nekomata and Tanuki Badger

1850

Ink and color painting of a crowded gathering of seated men and women writing and painting on paper in a Japanese interior.

Painting and Calligraphy Gathering at the Nakamurarō in Ryōgoku 両国中村楼書画会之図 (Ryōgoku Nakamurarō shogakai no zu)

1876

Ink painting of two squirrels with chestnuts, one on a tree trunk and one on the ground beside an open burr.

Squirrels Eating Chestnuts

1886

Woodcut of women and a child walking past western-style buildings on a city street, with a carriage in the background.

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

Black crow on a plum branch with blossoms before a pale full moon, with calligraphy and red seals in the margins.

Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch

1880s

Japanese print of Shoki the demon queller riding a tiger, swinging a sword at a group of goblins on the left.

May: Shoki the Demon Queller Riding on a Tiger, Subjugating Goblins, from the series "Of the Twelve Months: the Fifth…

1887

Black and grey carp leaping upward through diagonal streams of white water, with dark rocks on each side.

Carp Ascending Falls

late 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a fox holding an open parasol and a sake flask, with a long bushy tail.

Fox with carafe and parasol

1841