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Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 Japanese
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These sketches in the distinctive drawing style of Kawanabe Kyōsai appear to be preliminary drawings for an illustrated book. Like the images of dancers in the Met’s collection (37.119.6), they were formerly in the collection of his pupil Mano Kyōtei (Yasokichi, 1874/5–1937).
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Title: Preliminary Drawings of Demons
Artist:
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Wash drawing; ink on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. (23.2 x 33.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.119.5
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