Picture Books of Kawanabe Kyosai W. E. B. Du Bois and a full chronology of

and a full chronology of his life and work

and boozing—as well as impressive hair-splitting on issues like infant baptism and other inter-denominational squabbles

arguing that in Russia life imitating literature is as true as literature reflecting life

developing the automatism technique used decades later by the Surrealists

cars and chairs—these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze

Picture Books of Kawanabe Kyosai W. E. B. Du Bois and a full chronology ofPicture Books of Kawanabe Kyosai a small 288 page paperback with jacket, 4. 25 x 5. 9 inches ISBN 9784861529030 text in Japanese English published by Seigensha *** Influential traditional Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (18311839) lived through the Edo period to the Meiji period, creating fascinating caricatures of people, skeletons, animals, and monsters. Considered by many to be the first political caricaturist of Japan, he is also credited with