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Details
- Alternative title
- Oni-no nenbutsu
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 1864
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.8 x 25.2 cm
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., in Japanese, black ink, incised on block, [vertical] "Ôju Seisei Kyôsai (illeg.)".
Signed l.r. corner, in Japanese, red ink "[artist's seal]".- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Asian Art Collection Benefactors 2000
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 132.2000
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Kawanabe Kyōsai
Works in the collection
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About
Ogres, or oni, alongside animals and ghosts, were some of Kawanabe Kyōsai’s favourite subjects. They are generally thought of as fierce demons who can be menacing yet humorous in their actions. This oni is collecting donations for a temple and carries with him a list of donors (hōkachō). With a drum around his neck and a small hammer in his hand, he chants the nembetsu appealing to the Amida Buddha for the redemption of souls. The absurdity lies in the contrast of a demon masquerading as a Buddhist priest.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 2019–08 Mar 2020
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The art of Buddhism and other worlds', Sydney, 2003, 198 (colour illus.).
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