Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Sh?ki Banner before 1870 Kawanabe Ky?sai On Boys’ Day, the fifth day of the fifth month, families displayed carp streamers and images of the demon-queller Sh?ki, painted in red to protect the household against disease; the rooster symbolizes honesty and fortitude. Kawanabe Ky?sai was renowned for his witty, humorous depictions of people, birds, and animals of all varieties. Once arrested for a caricature mocking the government, he became one of the most popular artists of his Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Sh?ki Banner. Kawanabe Ky?sai (Japanese, 1831–1889). Japa
Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Sh?ki Banner before 1870 Kawanabe Ky?sai On Boys’ Day, the fifth day of the fifth month, families displayed carp streamers and images of the demon-queller Sh?ki, painted in red to protect the household against disease; the rooster symbolizes honesty and fortitude. Kawanabe Ky?sai was renowned for his witty, humorous depictions of people, birds, and animals of all varieties. Once arrested for a caricature mocking the government, he became one of the most popular artists of his Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Sh?ki Banner. Kawanabe Ky?sai (Japanese, 1831–1889). Japan. before 1870. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Meiji period (1868–1911). Paintings
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