Kawanabe Kyosai

Kobe City Museum has turned to Kawanabe Kyosai’s humorous demon imagery in a post published on 8 September 2026, highlighting a figure seriously cutting bonito while making preparations for hot sake.

Kobe City Museum has highlighted a nishiki-e print by Kawanabe Kyosai depicting a voyage associated with Tokugawa shogun Tokugawa Iemochi.

A cat believed to have belonged to the Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai is being highlighted as part of a late-display presentation associated with an exhibition on the artist’s work.

Kobe City Museum is currently presenting ‘Goldman Collection: The World of Kawanabe Kyōsai’, a special exhibition that includes a painting of a ghost and places particular emphasis on Kawanabe Kyōsai’s sustained interest in ghost imagery.