Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, c. 1830s
Attributed to Eigyōexpand_more
Ink and color on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.119
Not on Viewexpand_more
Since ancient times, the legend exists in Japan that demons and other supernatural beings parade through the streets at night until the light of the rising sun drives them off. The earliest illustrated handscroll on this theme dated to the early 14th century but is no longer existing. In the 16th century works developed that share a variety of pictorial motifs, presenting the demons as both grotesque and humorous.
According to an accompanying note, this scroll was copied by the ukiyo-e artist Eigyō after a 12th-century work by the priest-painter Toba Sōjō.
Details
- Title
- Night Parade of One Hundred Demons
- Artist Life
- active c. 1830s
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.119
- Provenance
- Roman Vishniac (photographer) E & J Frankel until June, 1991 Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 284
- Curator Approved
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