Tengu Of Kurama And Ushiwakamaru

Object Details

• Artist

  Tsukioka Kogyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927)

• Publisher

  Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉

• Label

  The story of Kurama tengu mixes mystical mountain creatures, fictionalized history, and lessons of piety into one. The story begins when a mountain priest encounters a group of monks en route to enjoy cherry blossoms on Mount Kurama, to the northeast of Kyoto. The priest bears a secret: he is not actually human but is a mythical mountain creature, half bird half person, called a tengu. The tengu priest meets the group of unfriendly monks, who want nothing to do with him. Only a young acolyte stays behind to be kind and talk.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints (March 23 to October 6, 2024)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Robert O. Muller Collection

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Tsukioka, Kogyo, Matsuki, Heikichi

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Tengu, Robert O. Muller collection, Noh, Japanese Art, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints