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Kyōsai’s Treatise on Painting (Kyōsai gadan) 暁斎画談

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An open book with yellowed pages, displaying illustrations by Kawanabe Kyōsai from 'Kyōsai’s Treatise on Painting'. The left page features five caricatured faces and figures in black ink with one blue, while the right page shows a person with a sword. Japanese text appears at the top and sides of both pages, with English text at the top reading "The rite of founding of East Torr" on the left and "The rite of founding of Kita Torr" on the right.

Artwork Details

Date
1887 (Meiji 20)
Medium
Set of four woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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