[Two long-necked creatures accosting a noodle shop customer] – 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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Two long-necked creatures loom over a customer at a noodle shop, their stretched necks curling through the scene and turning an ordinary meal strange. The figures resemble rokurokubi, long-necked yokai from Japanese folklore said to appear to people at night. The artist, Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889), was known for comic and supernatural subjects, and this ink and watercolor was published in a book of his sketches. It was later shown in a 2001 Library of Congress exhibition on ukiyo-e themes of shadows, dreams, and substance.
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink and watercolor. |
|---|---|
| Genre | dreams and substances |
| Notes | [1863?] |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Kyōsai hanshita : jūkyūyō. [Japan, 18--?]. Title devised by Library staff. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 103. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,535 × 3,669 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222080 |
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