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Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Ukiyo-e prints from the Ashmolean

(from 29th Sep 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)

Prepare for giant spiders, dancing skeletons, winged goblins, and hordes of ghostly warriors!

Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Ukiyo-e prints from the Ashmolean
Nikushi the Frog Spirit Conjures up a Magical Battle of Frogs at Tateyama in Etchū Provincefront

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Nikushi the Frog Spirit Conjures up a Magical Battle of Frogs at Tateyama in Etchū Province

  • Description

    Both triptychs in this case show scenes from a tenth-century legend about a frog spirit who becomes involved in a warrior feud [see also EA1971.137]. Here Nikushi the frog immortal transfers supernatural powers to the warriors Taira no Yoshikado and Iga no Jūtarō so that they can avenge the murder of Yoshikado’s father. Stones are transformed into battling frogs while night demons and the earth spider look on.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Asia › Japan (Toyama Prefecture) (subject)
    Date
    1864
    Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Yoshitora (active c. 1850 - c. 1880) (designer)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation) on the central panel
    Dimensions
    mount 55.8 x 94 cm (height x width)
    prints 35.7 x 72 cm estimated (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print › triptych print
    No. of items
    3
    Credit line
    Presented by George Grigs, Miss Elizabeth Grigs, and Miss Susan Messer, in memory of Derick Grigs, 1971.
    Accession no.
    EA1971.226

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