Seven Otafukus, 1870s-1880s, Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, 13 7/16 × 32 1/2 in. ( × cm) (image)56 7/16 × 38 1/16 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century, Kawanabe Kyōsai was one of the most versatile and talented artists in the late nineteenth century. Born in 1831 in Koga, Kyōsai first became a pupil of the ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1796-1861) at the age of six. After ten years with Kuniyoshi, he moved on to study the orthodox style of the Kanō school. In 1852, he left the Kanō school

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