Minneapolis Institute of Art
Fragment from Tengu zōshi emaki
Japan
- Date
- around 1500
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A group of men defend themselves by shooting arrows at approaching tengu, demon figures with bird-like facial features and wings believed to live in the mountains. This painting was originally part of a handscroll or a book, which was then cut out and remounted as a hanging scroll. The men are labelled with their names, revealing that they are minor characters from The Tale of the Heike, a medieval Japanese epic about the Genpei War (1180–1185), a civil war between two clans. Asia
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