Kyosen’s Collected Illustrations Toys Pl.099 by Kawasaki Kyosen
Plate 099 from Kawasaki Kyosen's encyclopaedic documentation of Japanese folk toys presents its subjects with the attentiveness of a naturalist and the eye of a painter. The composition arranges handcrafted objects — likely papier-mâché or lacquered wood figures — against a plain ground, allowing form, colour, and surface texture to speak without distraction. Kyosen's draughtsmanship is precise but not cold; each toy carries the trace of the hand that made it. The overall effect is a quiet celebration of craft and regional tradition, documenting an artisan culture that was already beginning to fade in the early twentieth century.
On canvas, the flat grounds and saturated folk colours of Kyosen's plates acquire a warmth and material presence entirely in keeping with their subject matter. This canvas print lets the handmade quality of each object resonate through the woven surface. Produced in our Berlin studio with archival pigment inks.
Plate 099 from Kawasaki Kyosen's encyclopaedic documentation of Japanese folk toys presents its subjects with the attentiveness of a naturalist and the eye of a painter. The composition arranges handcrafted objects — likely papier-mâché or lacquered wood figures — against a plain ground, allowing form, colour, and surface texture to speak without distraction. Kyosen's draughtsmanship is precise but not cold; each toy carries the trace of the hand that made it. The overall effect is a quiet celebration of craft and regional tradition, documenting an artisan culture that was already beginning to fade in the early twentieth century.
On canvas, the flat grounds and saturated folk colours of Kyosen's plates acquire a warmth and material presence entirely in keeping with their subject matter. This canvas print lets the handmade quality of each object resonate through the woven surface. Produced in our Berlin studio with archival pigment inks.
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Plate 099 from Kawasaki Kyosen's encyclopaedic documentation of Japanese folk toys presents its subjects with the attentiveness of a naturalist and the eye of a painter. The composition arranges handcrafted objects — likely papier-mâché or lacquered wood figures — against a plain ground, allowing form, colour, and surface texture to speak without distraction. Kyosen's draughtsmanship is precise but not cold; each toy carries the trace of the hand that made it. The overall effect is a quiet celebration of craft and regional tradition, documenting an artisan culture that was already beginning to fade in the early twentieth century.
On canvas, the flat grounds and saturated folk colours of Kyosen's plates acquire a warmth and material presence entirely in keeping with their subject matter. This canvas print lets the handmade quality of each object resonate through the woven surface. Produced in our Berlin studio with archival pigment inks.
