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Kyosai KAWANABE  -  1831-1889      Beyond Mainstream

Kyosai Kawanabe

Kyosai Kawanabe 1831-1889

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.
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Notes: also Gyosai Kawanabe or Gyosai Chikamaro

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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