Two Crows Overlooking Asakusa at Dawn (Translation)
日の出鳥之淺草寺図軸 明治時代 河鍋曉齋 絹本著色 (Primary Title)
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋曉齋, Japanese, 1831 - 1889 (Artist)
Considered an auspicious and sacred bird in Japan, the crow is a common inhabitant around Tokyo. Among his landscapes, botanical scenes, and portraits of religious deities, Kawanase Kyosai often includes the crow as one of his favorite motifs. Here, the artist depicts a morning scene in Tokyo—two black crows on a branch with a distant view of the sun rising through the clouds over the Asakusa Temple. Kyosai’s excellent execution of ink, color, and brushwork make him one of the great masters of Japanese painting in the 19th century.
Kano School 狩野派
Meiji period (1868-1912)
曉齋 Kyōsai
萬國飛 Bankoku tobu
如空入道曉齋図 Joku Nyūdo Kyōsai zu
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
Kyosai: Master Painter and his Student Josiah Conder” held at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo in 2015.
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