Kotoさんのイラストまとめ

*Curator's 👀 no. 9* This print was published when a live elephant was shown to the public in Edo (today's Tokyo). #Kyosai drew elephants performing a trick with their trunk. One of them gives a tiger a sumō hold called ‘frog hook’ (kawazu-gake). #GoldmanCollection @royalacademy

Elephants represented things 'foreign' and 'exotic'. #Kyosai emphasised exoticism also in other details such as the Chinese and Western figures. The tricolour printing in the title cartouche indicates that this impression is one of the earliest. #GoldmanCollection @royalacademy

This print was published when a live elephant was shown to the public at Ryōgoku, Edo (today's Tokyo).#Kyosai depicted elephants performing a trick with its trunk. One of them gives a tiger a sumō wrestling hold called ‘frog hook’ (kawazu-gake). #GoldmanCollection @royalacademy

Three of the seven works by #Kyosai currently on display in the Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries @britishmuseum. #暁斎 in #ロンドン

*Curator's 👀 no. 6* Only in the exhibition catalogue! 'Asahina Saburō’s Island Tours' is not included in the show but it is in the catalogue. It depicts the legendary warrior Asahina's adventures, with some scenes reminiscent of Gulliver’s Travels. #Kyosai #Goldman @royalacademy

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Shōki Kicking a Demon High into the Air, 1871/89. Hanging scroll; ink and light colour on paper, 125.3 x 45.4 cm. Israel Goldman Collection, London. Photo: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

*Curator's 👀 no. 4* Poor little demon! What did it do to deserve such abuse? Kyōsai reversed the traditional image of the protective deity Shoki (Zhong Kui), demon queller, and depicted him as a bully. The artist clearly sympathised with the underdog demon. #Kyosai @royalacademy