Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋 暁斎
1831-1889 Japan/Edo to Meiji Period
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Brief Biography-Kawanabe Kyōsai was born at Koga in 1831. He trained at the Kanō School. Katsushika Hokusai influenced his paintings, and he became a caricaturist. However, the shogunate authorities arrested him due to his political parodies. Kyōsai later worked for magazines doing cartoons for various subjects. He wrote a successful piece named Kyōsai’s Treatise on Painting, including a part autobiography. |
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