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☆Rare☆ Kawanabe Kyosai Woodblock Print (1883) Ukiyo-e Samurai Hokusai Yoshitoshi
$ 19.8
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Description
Bookplate from Kyōsai Sui-ga vol. II暁斎酔画
Date:
1883 (Meiji 16)
Artist:
Kawanabe Kyōsai
河鍋
暁斎
(1831-1889)
Publisher:
Matsuzaki Hanzō
松崎半造
Printer
:
Ōtsuka Tetsugorō
大塚
鉄五郎
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An absolutely fabulous work rarely seen on the market
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Woodblock printed; ink and color on hand-made paper
Format: chūbon
Dimensions: each plate18.5 x 12.5 cm (18.5 x 25 cm total)
EXTREMELY RARE
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION BOOKPLATE. GOOD REGISTRY AND IMPRESSION. GOOD DETAILS. USUAL BOTTOM CORNER THUMBING. SOME STAINS MOSTLY OUTSIDE THE MARGINS. GOOD STATE OF PRESERVATION FOR THE AGE.
Kawanabe Kyosai is considered the greatest successor of Hokusai (of whom he was ‘not’ a student). Unruly as his temperament suggests, he possessed the dignity, power, and restraint of Hokusai, with an exuberance for the fantastic and an unrivaled command of drawing. Drawn with lively, calligraphic brushwork enhanced with soft color. Kyosai depicted what appealed to him as an artist, capturing the beauty and humor of the world around.