Cover art for Kyosai's Animal Circus
Published
Royal Academy Arts, May 2022
ISBN
9781912520862
Format
Hardcover, 116 pages
Dimensions
17.5cm × 17.5cm

Kyosai's Animal Circus by

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The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831 1889) delighted in the depiction of animals - auspicious crows, frogs in the schoolroom, rats on trapezes, catfish in procession, elephants performing tricks - and frequently used them as proxies for political figures of the day, to avoid censorship.

This enchanting book reveals a cavalcade of Kyosai's creatures from the Israel Goldman Collection, with an introduction to the artist and his menagerie by Koto Sadamura, a leading authority on Kyosai. SELLING POINTS: . Kawanabe Kyosai was one of the most exciting Japanese painters of the 19th century . Published to accompany an exhibition - the first outside of Japan in nearly 30 years - at the Royal Academy from March 19 - June 19, 2022 86 colour illustrations

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