Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) and Kawanabe Kyosui (1868-1935)


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 1880sKakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting Okame or Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth) in a roundel above an oni (demon) below holding his hat over his head to protect himself from beans thrown by the goddess at New Year; signed to the right of Otafuku Kyosui with seal and signed and sealed Kyosai to the left of the oni; with a wood storage box. Overall: 156cm x 30cm (61¾in x 11¾in); image: 74cm x 20cm (29 1/8in x 7 7/8in). (2).
|Here Kyosai, aided by his daughter Kyosui, who is recorded as having exhibited her work as early as 1885, deftly depicts a subject more often associated with his great rival and contemporary, the lacquerer and painter Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891). An exhibition featuring both father and daughter was held at the Tokyo Fuji Museum from 1 April–24 June 2018.