DepartmentAsia
Yurei (Ghost)
NamePainting; Artist Trading Card
Artist
Ranryoutei Shibai
CultureJapanese
Date2019
Place madeKyoto, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA
MediumArtist board, watercolor
Dimensions3 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/16 in. (9.2 × 6.1 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2019.36.5
Object numberFA.2019.36.5
ProvenancePurchased by the curator from the artist at a Yōkai art market (Mononoke Ichi) in Kyoto on May 25, 2019.
DescriptionPale ghost figure with long black hair, in white kimono, looking down with tongue out. Japanese writing at viewer's top left and red stamp / artist seal at bottom left.
A summer day in 1862
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