Kawanabe Kyosai: 240 Colour Plates

By Maria Peitcheva

Kawanabe Kyosai (1831 - 1889) was a Japanese artist, "an individualist and an independent, perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting". Kyosai is considered by many to be the greatest successor of Hokusai (of whom, however, he was not a pupil), as well as the first political caricaturist of Japan. His work mirrored his life in its wild and undisciplined nature, and occasionally reflected his love of drink. Although he did not possess Hokusai's dignity, power or reticence, he compensated with a fantastic exuberance, which always lent interest to his technically excellent draughtsmanship.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1537218255
• ISBN13: 9781537218250
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"