Kawanabe Kyōsai[1] (河鍋 暁斎, 18 Mei 1831 – 26 April 1889) adalah seorang seniman asal Jepang. Menurut seorang kritikus, ia adalah "seorang individualis dan seorang independen, mungkin virtuoso terakhir dalam lukisan Jepang tradisional".[2]

Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kanawabe Kyōsai pada 1880an.
Nama asal河鍋 暁斎
LahirKawanabe Kyosai
18 May 1831
Koga Ishimachi, Provinsi Shimousa, (kini Kota Koga, Prefektur Ibaraki), Jepang
Meninggal26 April 1889(1889-04-26) (umur 57)
Kuil Zuirinji, Tokyo, Jepang
MakamTaitō, Tokyo
KebangsaanJepang
PendidikanUtagawa Kuniyoshi, Kanō Eitoku
Dikenal atasLukisan, gambar, potret
Gerakan politikUkiyo-e, Zen Jepang, Nihonga

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  1. ^ He changed the first character of his name from 狂 (wild, crazy) to 暁 (dawn, enlightenment), after one of his several releases from prison. 暁 has two On-readings, "kyō" and "gyō", the latter being more well-known (many dictionaries provide only this reading), so the artist's name is also falsely romanised as Kawanabe Gyōsai.
  2. ^ Clark, p.16

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