Kawanabe Kyosai
1831-1889
- Description
- A Japanese-style painter from the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the first half of the Meiji Era. A disciple of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Later he joined the Kano School and worked as a painter. He created works in a style that mixed the style of the Kano School and ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world).
- Active period
- Kaei 2(1849)-the year of death
- Other Name(s)
- Seisei, Kyosai, Chikamaro, Shojoan
Source:Shingi Hyoka Shoga Kantei Shishin [14]
