Landscape with River in Mountainous Country left of a triptych, 1884, Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, 48 1/2 x 22 5/8 in. ( x cm) (painting, approx.), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, Kyo_sai is considered to be one of the most talented painters of Japan's late nineteenth century. Classically trained as a painter in the government-sponsored Kano school, he eventually broke free of the school and established a reputation for himself - as much for his eccentric behavior and fondness for wine, as for his great skill at painting. He specialized in figures and animals

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