Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works shown in the exhibition Japan Supernatural (56) works on display (9) works with images (48) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Hiroharu Itaya Night procession of the hundred demons (Hyakki yagyô) circa 1860 125.1995 Homei Opening a treasure box (okimono) 19th century-20th century 7159.50 Japan Netsuke in the form of a demon chanting a Buddhist sutra 19th century 7159.46 Japan Momotarō, the peach boy 20th century 7159.48 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Japan Netsuke in the form of a monkey dressed as a court noble 19th century 23.2002 Japan Netsuke in the form of a Kirin 19th century 34.2002 Japan Netsuke in the form of a fox disguised as a woman dancing 19th century 40.2002 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Japan Netsuke in the form of a toad 19th century 41.2002 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Japan Netsuke in the form of a seated skeleton hitting a 'wooden fish' bell ('mokugyo') 19th century 45.2002 Japan Netsuke in the form of a tanuki (raccoon dog) carrying a 'sake' bottle late 18th century-early 19th century 59.2002 Japan Man’s jacket (haori) 1920s-1930s 145.2019 Kawanabe Kyōsai Demon with a Buddhist prayer (Oni no nenbutsu) 1864 132.2000 Kawanabe Kyōsai School for spooks (Bakebake gakkō) no 3 1874 89.2018 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Kawanabe Kyōsai The enlightenment from hell (Jigoku no bunmei kaika) no 1 1874 583.2018.1 Kawanabe Kyōsai Ancient tales of Aesop: vol 3, day no 132, story of the frog medicine peddler (Issopu mukashi monogatari no uchi sanmaki mokuroku dai-hyakujūsanninichi gama no baiyakubanashi) no 8 1874 583.2018.2 Kawanabe Kyōsai Hell Courtesan (Jigoku-dayū) early 1880s-mid 1880s 6.2019 Kawanabe Kyōsai Tengu preparing food in the hollow tree 1863 138.2019 Kitazawa Hideta Kagura mask of a fox (tenko) 2015 161.2019 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Kitazawa Hideta Nō mask of a female demon (hannya) 2013 157.2019 Kitazawa Hideta Kyōgen mask of a kappa 2019 158.2019 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Kitazawa Hideta Kyōgen mask of a tengu 2019 160.2019 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Kitazawa Hideta Kagura mask of a demon (oni) 2018 159.2019 Utagawa Kunimune II/Kunimasa II Kuzunoha: writing a farewell poem to her child circa 1830 108.2019 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Goyu 2008 107.2019.4 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Hiratsuka 2008 107.2019.1 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Kyoto 2008 107.2019.3 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Mariko 2008 107.2019.6 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Nihonbashi 2008 107.2019.2 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Totsuka 2008 107.2019.5 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Shono 2008 146.2019.1 Image not available Mizuki Shigeru Odawara 2008 146.2019.2 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Shirai Toshinobu II Nitta no Shiro Tadatsune encountering the Goddess of Mount Fuji in a cave (Fuji no hitoana genkyu no zu) 1885 287.2018.a-c Tomomasa Netsuke in the form of a man fighting demons 19th century 7159.19 Toyohara Kunichika The actors Onoe Kikugorō V as the ghost of Saijirō (above), Bandō Kakitsu I as Kanbara Mikinosuke and Onoe Matsusuke as the attendant Gonbei (below) 1887 283.2018 Toyohara Kunichika The actors Onoe Kikugorō V as the ghost of Okiku (above), Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Aoyama Onoe, with Onoe Kikujirō V and Onoe Matsusuke as retainers (below) from the play ... 1892 282.2018 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi The Yūgao chapter from 'The Tale of Genji' March 1886 258.2012.29 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Moon of the Lonely House August 1890 258.2012.85 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Musashi Plain moon 02 January 1891 258.2012.91 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi The cry of the fox January 1886 258.2012.13 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Mount Yoshino midnight-moon - Iga no Tsubone January 1886 258.2012.15 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Ino Hayata killing a nue at the imperial palace (Dairi ni Ino Hayata nue o sasu zu) 1890 90.2018.1 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Kiyomori sees hundreds of skulls at Fukuhara (Kiyomori Fukuhara ni sūhyaku no jintō o miru zu) 1890 90.2018.2 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi The old woman retrieves her arm 1889 582.2018.1 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi The lucky tea kettle of Morin Temple (Morinji no bunbuku chagama) 1892 582.2018.2 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Yotsuya ghost story (Yotsuya kaidan) 1892 5.2019.2 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Minamoto no Raikō (Yorimitsu) preparing to kill the earth spider (Minamoto no Raikō tsuchigumo o kiru zu) 1892 5.2019.1 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Snow: Onoe Baikō V as Iwakura Sōgen (Yuki Onoe Baikō Iwakura Sōgen) 1890 284.2018.a-c On display – South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Tadamori and the oil thief 1882 137.2019.2 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi The dancing pot at Ninnaji temple 1882 137.2019.1 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi The courtesan Ohyaku (Dakki no Ohyaku) and a ghost 1866 142.2019 Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ghost of Iga Shikibunojō Mitsumune with Iga no Kotarō Asayuki in the play 'Meiyo jinsei roku' 1852 139.2019 Utagawa Kuniyoshi The actor Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Orikoshi Masatomo (C) attacked by the ghost of Asakura Tōgo played by Ichikawa Kodanji IV 1851 285.2018.a-c Utagawa Kuniyoshi The actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Kozakura Tōgō and as the tea server Inba, in reality the ghost of Tōgō (R), Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Orikoshi Tairyō ... 1851 141.2019 Utagawa Kuniyoshi A sick tanuki (Tanuki no senkimochi) (above) and Tanuki as the seven gods of good fortune (Tanuki no shichifukuijin) from an untitled series of tanuki (raccoon-dogs) 1843-1844 143.2019 Utagawa Yoshimori The tongue-cut sparrow (Shitakiri suzume) 1864 144.2019 Utagawa Yoshitsuya Shuten-dōji at Oeyama (Oeyama Shuten-dōji) 1858 286.2018.a-c