DepartmentAsia
Cochin Obake (Lantern 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.2019.36.9
Object numberFA.2019.36.9
ProvenancePurchased by the curator from the artist at a Yōkai art market (Mononoke Ichi) in Kyoto on May 25, 2019.
DescriptionWhite and black lantern with face and orange flames; one closed eye / one open. Japanese writing along viewer's left edge, and red stamp / artist seal at bottom right.
!["The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (Izari no adauchi - ゐさりの仇うち)” [Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō]; from the Series: “The Seven Variations of the Iroha (Seisho Nanatsu Iroha)”](/internal/media/dispatcher/143458/thumbnail)
