Contrary to what you might be thinking, Kawanabe Kyosai is not a hip new Tattoo artist out of THREE TIDES TATTOO. No, he's OG...like from the Meiji era. I can't believe how amazing these paintings are and how well they stand the test of time. Were talking 120 years and they look completely original and fresh.
Prolific Meiji-period artist Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889), well-known in the West for his darkly humorous illustrations, was commissioned by Scottish surgeon and Japanese art collector William Anderson (1842-1900) to produce a large number of comic paintings in the 1870s. Anderson’s collection, which today forms the core of the Japanese paintings at the British Museum, included the handful of fanciful depictions of hell shown below.
via: Pink Tentacle
No comments:
Post a Comment