Kawanabe KYOSAI (1831-1889)

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An original painting, sumi on paper, image size 36.75 x 12 in; 93.3 x 31.7 cms. A draughtsman of great dexterity with a wild, often bizzare, imagination. Loved sake, sometimes painting under its influence. At an early stage studied under Kuniyoshi, then Maemura Towa and later Kao Chinshin before becoming an independent painter at 27. Adept at highly finished paintings but also produced a large corpus of spontaneous paintings. Shows a crow perched on a branch with a singing sparrow below. This was the subject he was most famous for and there were many copies.

In very good condition, remounted and with futomaki. Signed Joku Kyosai zu with seal Bankoku tobu, “Flying in, or to, many lands.”

Status: Sold