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Seigensha Art Publishing Inc

Gyosai Picture Book

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    [More than Hokusai Manga! The unknown charm of Gyosai is condensed!
    Skeletons, frogs, and ghosts dance! Dancing! Festivities!

    Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) was a painter of the Kano school who also produced numerous ukiyoe prints from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era.
    In recent years, his free and unrestrained style of painting has been attracting attention, and his paintings and prints have been introduced in many exhibitions and books, etc. On the other hand, there is a genre of "picture books" that has not received much attention.

    [Picture books" are not books for children, but rather woodblock-printed illustrated books containing a variety of Kyosai's drawings.
    From skeletons to anatomical drawings, frogs, cats, and yokai, Kyosai's lively and humorous drawings were published in large numbers in his later years, as his popularity grew.
    The fact that many of them were compiled in a hurry, or perhaps because the contents were not consistent as a single book, can be said to be a characteristic of "picture books.

    This book contains 224 selected works from the Ota Memorial Museum of Art's collection, including "Kyosai Manga," "Kyosai Blunt Paintings," "Kyosai Drunken Paintings," "Kyosai Hyakki Gatan," and other representative "picture books.
    The works are categorized into the three main genres of "Figures and Skeletons," "Animals and Nature," and "Monsters and Gods and Buddha" to clarify Kyosai's perspective, and all works are reorganized with explanatory notes to further explore the charm of the artist known as the "painting devil" through his unique sense of humor and humor, and the wonder of Ukiyo-e that straddled the Edo and modern periods.

    This book is published as a continuation of the three-volume series of Seigensha Bunko's long-selling "Hokusai Manga" (Hokusai Manga).
    The prints from 150 years ago have been brought back to life in the modern age by the special technology of Yamada Photoengraving Factory.

    All works are accompanied by commentary. You can understand Kyosai's humor and parodies!
    ● Includes a contribution by Hitoko Sawada, Kyosai's daughter and the author of "Hoshi ga Ochita, Na Na" (The Star Falls Down, Yet), which describes the life of a woman who lived as a painter.

    Table of Contents:
    Chapter 1: People and Skeletons
    Chapter 2: Animals and Nature
    Chapter 3: Specters and Gods and Buddha

    Author: Kenji Hinohara Supervisor: Ota Memorial Museum of Art

    Size: A6/288 pages