Study of a mountain goblin (tengu) dressed as a hermit (yamabushi)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Study of a mountain goblin (tengu) dressed as a hermit (yamabushi)

Tsukioka YoshitoshiLinkedCulture matchlcp-a46a155c9d7b

Date
1860s
Medium
Sketch, ink on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
127981

Yoshitoshi was an excellent draftsman, and unlike many other print designers of his time, a fair number of his preparatory sketches and drawings have survived. This study of a tengu, or mountain goblin, was likely for a larger composition, since such supernatural beings were never featured in individual portraits. This mountain goblin is dressed as a hermit and carries a type of staff with metal rings that is often associated with hermits in Japanese art. Unusually, here the tengu holds it upside-down, apparently to use as a weapon. The tengu bares his teeth, probably because he is facing a hero who might slay him. Asia

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The Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, gifts of various donors, by exchange, and gift of Edmond Freis in memory of his parents, Rose and Leon Freis

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