Kawanabe Kyōsai

On May 19, 2026 - 19th Century, Japanese, may 18

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese painter, May 18, 1831 - April 26, 1889

Photograph of Kawanabe Kyōsai, c 1880s
Albumen print, dimensions unknown
Private Collection

Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Live Wild Tiger, c 1863
Woodblock print, 14 x 10 in
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hiei-zan, from the series Famous Places on the Tōkaidō, c 1863
Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in
National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Historic Spots at Urashima, Kanagawa, from the series Famous Places on the Tōkaidō, c 1863 Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in Brooklyn Museum, New York

Historic Spots at Urashima, Kanagawa, from the series Famous Places on the Tōkaidō, c 1863
Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch, c 1870
Hanging scroll, ink on silk, 43 x 22 in
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Demon in Priest’s Robes, c 1860s
Woodblock print, 14 x 10 in
Private Collection

Beauty Before King Enma’s Mirror, c 1870
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 67 x 37 in
Private Collection

Urashima Tarō Riding a Turtle, c 1870
Fan print, color woodblock print, 9 x 10 in
Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Frolicking Animals, Nekomata and Tanuki Badger, c 1870
Ink and color on paper, 50 x 36 in
British Museum, London, UK

Izanagi and Izanami Giving Birth to Japan, c 1870
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 48 x 34 in
Private Collection

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Flowers and Birds, c 1870s Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, color and gold on paper, 67 x 148 in Kawanabe Kyōsai Memorial Museum, Saitama, Japan

Flowers and Birds, c 1870s
Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, color and gold on paper, 67 x 148 in
Kawanabe Kyōsai Memorial Museum, Saitama, Japan

Hell Courtesan, c 1870s
Woodblock print, 14 x 10 in
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Renshishi, c 1880
Woodblock print, 10 x 15 in
Private Collection

Daruma, c 1887
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 50 x 31 in
Private Collection

Kawase Hasui

On May 16, 2026 - 20th Century, may 18

Hasui Kawase, Japanese artist, May 18, 1883 - November 7, 1957

Photograph of the artist, 1939

Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province , 1924

Color woodblock print, 14 3/8 × 9 1/2 in //

Art Institute of Chicago

Cave at Dogashima, Izu, c 1925 Color woodblock print 15.0 × 10.1 in //
National Diet Library Tokyo Japan

Snow over Zojoji Temple, Shiba, 1929
Color woodblock print 15.2 × 10.3 in //
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

The Pond at Benten Shrine in Shiba, 1929
Color woodblock print, 10.3 × 15.1 in //
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Zojoji Temple in Snow c 1929
Color woodblock print, 15.0 × 10.1 in //
National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan

Moon at Magome, 1930
Color woodblock print, 15.0 × 10.1 in
National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan

Nikko Highway, 1930
Color woodblock print, 15.2 × 10.3 in
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Snow in Mukojima, 1931
Color woodblock print, 15.0 × 10.1 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Evening Snow at Terashima Village, 1931
Color woodblock print 15.0 × 10.1 in //
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Lake Towada at Sunset, 1932
Color woodblock print, 15.0 × 10.1 in
National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan

Bamboo Yard, Shiobara, c 1933
Color woodblock print, 10.3 × 15.2 in //
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Konjikido in Snow, Hiraizumi, 1933
Color woodblock print, 15.1 × 10.2 in
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Daniel Lieberman's Imaginary Museum

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