[One-hundred-tale ghost story gathering] – Vintage Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [One-hundred-tale ghost story gathering], preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gathered around a room lit by a hundred candles, the figures in this two-page color woodcut are shown at the game of the hundred-tale ghost story gathering, or *hyakumonogatari kaidankai*. In the custom, each teller recounts a ghost story and then snuffs one flame, so the room grows darker as the night goes on. The tradition dates to the Edo period, and by 1890, in the early Meiji era, it was familiar enough to be a favorite subject for printmakers who drew on older tales of spirits and dreams.
| Medium | 1 print (2 pages) : woodcut, color. |
|---|---|
| Genre | dreams and substances |
| Notes | [1890] |
| Subjects | Storytelling--Japan--1890. Ghosts--Japan--1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,535 × 3,660 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222106 |
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