Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu) / Artist Unknown, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1964/2.102
- Title
- Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Ôtsu-e
- Dimensions
- 60.96 cm x 24.77 cm (24 in. x 9 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- figure painting
- Physical Description
- In this painting, a mischievous demon is depicted in priest’s garb begging for alms.
- Subject Matter
- This painting is an example of Otsu-e, a type of folk painting originating not far from Kyoto in the present-day Shiga Prefecture towns of Otsu, Oiwake, and Otani. Otsu-e were produced with cheap local materials and stencils were used to facilitate mass production, making them affordable even to the lower classes.
- By the latter half of the seventeenth century, Otsu-e became more secular. This humorous painting among other Otsu-e had strong popular appeal, and made their way into the art and literature of famous Edo period figures. Otsu-e with iconography associated with beneficial powers would later function as amulets.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1977 x 2980
- File Size
- 218 KB
- Record
- 1964/2.102
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"Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu); Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-2.102/1964_2.102.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 02, 2024.