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Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) | Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben) | Edo period, 19th century

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Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)

Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, triptych, from the series One Hundred Wildnesses by Kyosai (Kyosai hyakkyo), the left sheet signed Seisei Kyosai giga, the centre and right sheet signed Kyosai, censor's seal aratame, published by Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjiro), 3rd month 1864


Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 37.6 x 25.8 cm., 14⅞ x 10¼ in.

For a further impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, accession number 11.37044a-c, go to: 

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/461718


The work of Kawanabe Kyosai is being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts (The RA), London, Kyōsai: The Israel Goldman Collection, 19 March - 19 June 2022.