Kobe

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 Fashion Museum has announced ‘Shigeru Mizuki: Soul of Manga Exhibition’ as its next special exhibition, following the closure of ‘The World of Picture Books Connected Forever — Kaiseisha Children’s Books Exhibition’ on August 30, 2026.

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

The Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe has published a collection of exhibition-venue texts and photographs connected with Susumu Shingu’s work ‘Sea of Stars’.

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.