Sketches of East Asian Legendary Figures

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sketches here show Japanese such as Daikoku and Urashima Tarō and images of Chinese immortals or figure of the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety. Though long attributed to Kyōsai, these sketches do not seem to be in hand of the master, and could have been created by a late nineteenth Kano artist of the day.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art