Title
Ancient tales of Aesop: vol 3, day no 132, story of the frog medicine peddler (Issopu mukashi monogatari no uchi sanmaki mokuroku dai-hyakujūsanninichi gama no baiyakubanashi) no 8, From the series Drawings for pleasure by Kyōsai
1874
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 1874
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 25.2 cm
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2018
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 583.2018.2
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Kawanabe Kyōsai
Works in the collection
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About
The enlightenment from hell no. 1 and Frog medicine seller no. 8 are both from the 1874 series Drawings for pleasure by Kyōsai. Both prints have anthropomorphised animals in most roles and, in combination with ideas of physical and spiritual healing, present the killing of various demons including oni. As was the habit of Kyōsai, the two images also satirise the era in Japan of ‘Civilisation and Enlightenment’ during the Meiji period in which traditional ways were actively punished in preference for newly imported scientific approaches used to modernise Japan.
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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