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Kyosai KAWANABE - 1831-1889 Beyond Mainstream

Kyosai Kawanabe

Kyosai Kawanabe was born as the son of a samurai. He was an artist with many skills working as a painter, printmaker and illustrator. As a child he joined the school of Kuniyoshi Utagawa. He is famous for his prints with humorous and caricature like subjects. He is also nicknamed the 'comic genius'. Kyosai is said to have had a strong liking for 'sake', a Japanese alcoholic beverage.
Archive | Biography of Kyosai Kawanabe

Notes: also Gyosai Kawanabe or Gyosai Chikamaro

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Keichu YAMADA *
Keigaku HARADA
Keigetsu KIKUCHI *
Keigetsu MATSUBAYASHI *
Keiichi TAKASAWA *
Keiichiro MATSUDA *
Keiji FUJITA *
Keika HASEGAWA *
Keika KANASHIMA *
Keiko KIMURA *
Keiko MINAMI *
Keiko NAKANISHI *
Keiko YURIMOTO *
Keinen IMAO *
Keisei KOBAYASHI
Keisen IKEDA *
Keisen TOMITA *
Keisho IMAO *
Keishu TAKEUCHI *
Keishuu SATOO

Keisuke MANABE *
Keisuke SERISAWA (SERIZAWA) *
Keisuke YAMASHITA
Keizaburo TEJIMA
Keizo KUMEDA
Ken OHARA *
Ken TAGAWA *
Ken TASAKA *
Ken USHIJIMA
Kenichi NAKAMURA
Kenichi OTSUBO *
Kenji FUJITA
Kenji KAWAI *
Kenji KUSAKA *
Kenji MATSUI
Kenji NAJIMA *
Kenji SUZUKI
Kenji TSUDA
Kenji USHIKU *
Kenji YAJIMA

Kenji YOSHIOKA *
Kenjiro HASEGAWA *
Kenkichi SUGIMOTO *
Kenkichi TOMIMOTO *
Kenkichi WATANABE
Kennosuke ITO
Kensho TSUCHIYA
Kenzan OGATA *
Kenzo AOTA *
Kenzo MORISAWA
Kenzo SAWADA *
Kerry PENDERGRAST *
Kevin CLARK *
Kibo KODAMA *
Kichiemon OKAMURA *
Kichiji HAGIWARA
Kichinosuke ONISHI *
Kichitaro TAKEI *
Kieko TSURUSAWA *
Kigen NAKAGAWA *

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
Annual CWAJ catalogs

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