Kyōsai's animal circus : from the Israel Goldman Collection / Sadamura Koto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadamura, Koto, 1982- author.

Contributor:

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution, issuing body.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889--Exhibitions.

Kawanabe, Kyōsai.

Goldman, Israel--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Goldman, Israel.

Animals in art--Exhibitions.

Animals in art.

Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.

Art--Private collections.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

115 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm

Distribution:

New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by ARTBOOK/D.A.P.

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2022.

Summary:

The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) delighted in the depiction of animals - auspicious crows, frogs in the schoolroom, rats on trapezes, catfish in procession, elephants performing tricks - and frequently used them as proxies for political figures of the day, to avoid censorship. This enchanting book reveals a cavalcade of Kyosai's creatures from the Israel Goldman Collection, with an introduction to the artist and his menagerie by Koto Sadamura, a leading authority on Kyosai. Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (19.03.-19.06.2022).

Contents:

Kyōsai's fantastic beasts and where they come from

Kyōsai's signature animals: crows and frogs

Familiar creatures

Fortune-bringers and divine beasts

Tricksters, mischievous animals and monsters

Visitors from abroad and Aesop's animals.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 19.03.-19.06.2022.

Includes bibliographical references (page 115).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1912520869

9781912520862

OCLC:

1289986855