Kyosai Ehon

[Machine Translation] Kawanabe Kyosai (1831 -1889) was a Kano school painter who also painted ukiyoe during the late Edo period and the Meiji period. In his later years, as his popularity grew, many of his woodblock-printed illustrated books were published. This book contains 224 selected illustrations from representative "illustrated books" such as "Kyosai Manga," "Kyosai Blunt Pictures," "Kyosai Drunken Pictures," and "Kyosai Hyakki Gatan" and classifies them into three genres: "People and Skeletons," "Animals and Nature," and "Yokai and Gods and Buddha. All the illustrations have been reorganized with commentary. The book condenses the new charm of Kyosai, who was called the "painting devil" for his masterful brushwork and unique sense of humor in depicting all things in the universe.

幕末から明治にかけて、狩野派でありながら浮世絵も描いた絵師・河鍋暁斎(かわなべ/きょうさい 1831‐1889)。「絵本」とは、さまざまなジャンルの絵をランダムにまとめた木版の画譜のことで、暁斎の晩年、その人気の高まりとともに多く刊行されました。本書は『暁斎漫画』『暁斎鈍画』『暁斎酔画』『暁斎百鬼画談』など代表的な「絵本」から224図を厳選し、“人物と骸骨”“動物と自然”“妖怪と神仏”の3ジャンルに分類、全図に解説をつけて再構成。達者な筆致と独自の諧謔性で、森羅万象あらゆるものを描き「画鬼」と呼ばれた暁斎の新たな魅力を凝縮しました。