Minneapolis Institute of Art

God of Thunder captured by a crab [right of the pair Gods of Wind and Thunder]

Satake Eikai

Date: mid 19th century
Medium: Hanging scroll, right of a pair, ink and color on silk
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

This painting is from a humorous pair of scrolls showing the Gods of Wind and Thunder being ambushed by worldly creatures. The Thunder God has abandoned the drums he uses to produce the sound of thunder while attempting to escape the pincers of a crab. Japan, Asia

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