Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest, c. 1872
Kawanabe Kyōsaiexpand_more
Ink and color on silkexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture; formerly acquired by the Center in honor of Fred and Joan Baekelandexpand_more 2013.29.159
Not on Viewexpand_more
This comical juxtaposition of the beauty and the beast pairs two popular characters from folk paintings sold as souvenirs. The Wisteria Maiden steps on the back of a demon priest to pull a branch of wisteria, ignoring his rapturous gaze and using him as no more than a footstool.
This scroll was formerly in the collection of Josiah Conder (1789–1859), the “father of western-style architecture in Japan,” who became a pupil of Kyōsai.
Details
- Title
- Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest
- Artist Life
- 1831 - 1889
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.159
- Provenance
- Josiah Conder Topper Art, Toronto until 3/2001 Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, 1995-2015
- Curator Approved
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