Minneapolis Institute of Art

God of Wind caught by a hawk [left of the pair Gods of Wind and Thunder]

Satake Eikai

Date

mid 19th century

Medium

Hanging scroll, left of a pair, ink and color on silk

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This humorous pair of scrolls shows the gods of wind and thunder being ambushed by worldly creatures. On the left, the Wind God, identifiable by the deflated wind-producing bag at his side, has been captured by a swooping hawk. On the right, the Thunder God has abandoned the drums he uses to produce the sound of thunder while attempting to escape the pincers of a crab. This lively theme was popular with the Kanō painting school during the Edo period, so the fact that Eikai, who studied under literati painter Tani Bunchō, took on this subject is rather exceptional. (2013.30.19.1-.2) Japan, Asia

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