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Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kyōsai's Intoxicated Drawings, Vol. 11882, October 20

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print page with two circular vignettes — one showing three figures including a demon-like face and one showing two flying crows — alongside a supernatural figure with flames
Japanese woodblock printed book page with two scenes: upper panel shows a figure with raised arms amid waves and rocky landscape with supernatural creatures; lower panel depicts a seated figure in formal court robes and tall black cap beside a lacquered box, with a smaller figure nearby. Vertical column of Japanese text at right.
Woodblock print spread across two panels with vertical column of Japanese text at left. Left panel shows a winged creature in flight, a large armored frog mid-leap, and a cluster of fantastical figures below near architectural ruins. Right panel depicts a towering skeletal figure with a small figure clinging to its torso, reaching toward a fruiting branch; a building and landscape in the background. Fine ink linework with gray wash.
Japanese woodblock print with two vertical panels and columns of Japanese text at right. Left panel: a small robed figure falls beneath a swirling supernatural creature amid clouds. Right panel: a shaggy beast crouches over a prone figure in shallow water among reeds, rendered in fine ink line work.

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Kyōsai's Intoxicated Drawings, Vol. 1, 1882, October 20, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Japan, 1831-1889
Title
Kyōsai's Intoxicated Drawings, Vol. 1
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1882, October 20
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Page from a color woodblock printed book
Dimensions
7 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (18.7 x 12.5 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.518
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art