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!
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The ghosts of the Minamoto appearing in Fukuhara Palace
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Description
This print shows Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), the head of the Taira warrior clan that established the first samurai government in Japan. His exploits became one of the subjects of the warrior epic, The Tale of the Heike. Depicted here is a famous episode in which the dying Kiyomori, suffering from a hallucinatory fever, is haunted by a vision of all the enemies he has murdered during his military campaigns.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Hyōgo prefecture › Kobe › Fukuhara Palace (subject)
- Date
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1830 - 1840
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Artist/maker
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Fukao Hokui (active 1830 - 1840) (designer)
- Material and technique
- woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
- Dimensions
- 37.6 x 25.6 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
- Accession no.
- EAX.4855.c
Past Exhibition
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Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Ukiyo-e prints from the Ashmolean
(from 29th Sep 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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