Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kawanabe Kyōsai | |
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| 河鍋 暁斎 | |
Kawanabe Kyōsai in 1880s. | |
| Born | Shūzaburō 18 May 1831 Koga Ishimachi, Shimousa Province, (currently Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan |
| Died | 26 April 1889 (aged 57) Zuirinji Temple, Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | Taitō Ward, Tokyo |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, portraits |
| Movement | Ukiyo-e, Japanese Zen, Nihonga |
| Family | Kawanabe Kyōsui (daughter) |
Kawanabe Kyōsai (河鍋 暁斎, May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889) was a Japanese painter and caricaturist. In the words of art historian Timothy Clark, "an individualist and an independent, perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting".