Title
Night procession of the hundred demons (Hyakki yagyô)
circa 1860
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Procession of goblins
- Alternative title
- Hyakki Yagyô
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Cultural origin
- Style - Yamato-e.
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- circa 1860
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 600.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed, "Itaya Keiji". Sealed "Hiroharu". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Asian Art Collection Benefactors 1995
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Accession number
- 125.1995
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Hiroharu Itaya
Works in the collection
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About
Designed to be read from right to left across its six-metre expanse, Itaya Hiroharu’s 'Night procession of the hundred demons' shows a parade of creatures bursting from boxes and baskets. They frolic through the night, before dissolving with the rising sun. The number of demons, or goblins, is described as 100 but this is used broadly to mean a large number. The objects that have come to life (tsukumogami) gain their spirit when they are 100 years old. In folktales, objects are often thrown away before they reach 100 so owners can avoid interacting with spirited things. The scroll shows demons (oni), tengu and other yōkai parading alongside household objects – umbrellas, grass sandals, folding fans, plates, braziers and musical instruments.
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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
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Asian Collection: East Asia', pg. 246-287, Sydney, 1999, 282 (colour illus.).
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The art of Buddhism and other worlds', Sydney, 2003, 196-197 (colour illus.). The colour illus. on page 197 are details of this work.
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Public Programmes Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales and The Japan Foundation (Editors), Art speaks Japanese: Japanese language education kit from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, colour illus.. card no. 08
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Provenance
Toyobi Far Eastern Art, New York, pre 30 Mar 1995, United States of America, purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, March 1995.