People bewitched (?) by a tengu (Japanese mountain demon) Colour woodcut attributed to Kyōsai, 187-(?).

  • Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.
Date:
Between 1870 and 1879(?)]
Reference:
565213i
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Description

Left, a blind man gropes his way with the aid of a stick, a dumb man has a clamp on his mouth and carries a staff topped with an open-mouthed hairy demon mask, a deaf (?) man's ear is investigated by a woman and an ape dressed in a robe playfully pokes a stick at a sleeping demon (right); right, an old man sleeps in, and a young man sleeps on, a large bell decorated with tengu motifs, while the demon sleeps beside the mouth of the bell; ; above, the head of a giant tengu with people clinging to its long nose. Black tentacles (?) emanate from the tengu and surround the two sleeping men, suggesting that they are under its influence (?)

Publication/Creation

[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], Between 1870 and 1879(?)]

Physical description

2 prints : woodcut, diptych printed in colours ; image 35.7 x 24.3 cm

Lettering

Lettering in Japanese

Reference

Wellcome Collection 565213i

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