Kawanabe Kyōsai

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Born: 1831

Death: 1889

Biography:

Kawanabe Kyōsai (河鍋 暁斎, May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889) was a Japanese artist, in the words of a critic, "an individualist and an independent, perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting". Living through the Edo period to the Meiji period, Kyōsai witnessed Japan transform itself from a feudal country into a modern state. Born at Koga,...

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