Kyosai's Animal Circus

Kawanabe Kyosai was one of the most exciting Japanese painters of the 19th century. Published to accompany an exhibition in 2022 -- the first outside Japan in nearly 30 years.

The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889) delighted in the depiction of animals -- crows with strong personalities, frogs in the schoolroom, rats on trapezes, catfish in procession, elephants performing tricks - and frequently used them to satirize contemporary society. This enchanting book reveals a cavalcade of Kyōsai's creatures from the renowned Israel Goldman Collection, with an introduction to the artist and his menagerie by Sadamura Koto, a leading authority on Kyōsai.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912520869
• ISBN13: 9781912520862
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 7.2"