Ghost [right of a pair]

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ghost [right of a pair]

Terasaki KōgyōLinkedCulture matchlcp-e9124a2e0623

Date
July 1900
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
117161

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There are many Japanese ghost stories about the spirits of mothers who have died in childbirth or while her child was still a baby. In the left scroll, Kason depicts the ghost of a mother watching her baby sleep under a mosquito net. Her gentle but sorrowful gaze shows her anxiety and lingering affection for the baby. The right scroll by Kōgyō represents a sobbing female ghost emanating from a flame. The orange and blue flame might depict the smoking incense (Hangonkō) from the legend in which the Chinese Emperor Wudi longed to see his mistress Lady Li Furen, who died young. He ordered his chemist to create the special incense, which summoned the soul of a deceased lover in its smoke. (2013.29.145.1-.2) Asia

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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture

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