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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 1874
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.1 x 25.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. cartouche, in Japanese, printed " Seisei Kyōsai"
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2018
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- 89.2018
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Kawanabe Kyōsai
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About
Two classrooms are shown filled with goblins, demons and monsters. At the top right is Shōki, the demon queller. He is depicted as a teacher in European clothing and cap, brandishing a cane and instructing the student demons in hell-related vocabulary. In the second classroom (middle left) a kappa water goblin points to the Romanised letters on the board. The words are associated with things kappa enjoy. These include shirikotama, a mythical ball inside the human anus; gioori (kyūri) which means cucumber; and kawa or river. The artist Kyōsai was known for his critical commentary on the international modernisation of Japan in the Meiji period (1868–1912).
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 2019–08 Mar 2020
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
