A print from the "Drawings for Pleasure by Kyosai" series depicting "School for Spooks" — a delicious satirical conceit in which supernatural creatures (ghosts, demons, tengu, foxes) are shown attending school, doing homework, and submitting to the same educational rituals as human children. Published in 1874 during the early Meiji period when Western-style public education was being introduced across Japan, the print can be read as a comment on the new institution of schooling itself, with Kyosai's supernatural students embodying various human responses to imposed discipline.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
School for Spooks (Bakebake gakkō), No. 3 from the series Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai (Kyōsai rakuga, dai san gō) was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎) in 1874 (Meiji 7).
Yes — School for Spooks (Bakebake gakkō), No. 3 from the series Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai (Kyōsai rakuga, dai san gō) is part of the Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai series by Kawanabe Kyosai.
School for Spooks (Bakebake gakkō), No. 3 from the series Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai (Kyōsai rakuga, dai san gō) depicts figures, mythology, and daily life.
School for Spooks (Bakebake gakkō), No. 3 from the series Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai (Kyōsai rakuga, dai san gō) measures 35.6 × 23.7 cm (Oban format).
