Fragment from Tengu zōshi emaki, around 1500
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink and color on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.27
Not on Viewexpand_more
A group of men defend themselves by shooting arrows at approaching tengu, demon figures with bird-like facial features and wings believed to live in the mountains.
This painting was originally part of a handscroll or a book, which was then cut out and remounted as a hanging scroll. The men are labelled with their names, revealing that they are minor characters from The Tale of the Heike, a medieval Japanese epic about the Genpei War (1180–1185), a civil war between two clans.
Details
- Title
- Fragment from Tengu zōshi emaki
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.27
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 49
- Curator Approved
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