Kyōsai : the Israel Goldman collection / Sadamura Koto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadamura, Koto, 1982- author.

定村来人, 1982- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889--Exhibitions.

Kawanabe, Kyōsai.

Painting--Private collections--Great Britain--Exhibitions.

Painting.

Goldman, Israel--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Goldman, Israel.

Painting, Japanese--1868---Exhibitions.

Painting, Japanese.

Color prints, Japanese--1868---Exhibitions.

Color prints, Japanese.

Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portrait ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2022.

Summary:

The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889), a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, has been described as Japan's first political cartoonist; indeed, the satirical edge to his paintings often placed him on the wrong side of the law. The politically turbulent times in which Kyosai lived are reflected in his images, in which skeletons, demons and ghosts rub shoulders with classically rendered ukiyo-e courtesans. Among his works are his depictions of animals - crows, frogs and elephants, among many others - which often stand in for political figures of the day.

Notes:

First published on the occasion of "Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection," Royal Academy of Arts, March 19 - June 19, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

1912520745

9781912520749

OCLC:

1289988637