Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata
- Date:
- 1881
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
"Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata" (1881) depicts a gathering of fantastical creatures or demons at a bamboo grove in Yawata, a district near Kyoto associated with the Iwashimizu Hachimangū shrine. Shrines surrounded by ancient groves were traditional sites for supernatural encounters in Japanese lore, the liminal space between the sacred enclosure and the outside world providing a natural threshold for ghostly apparitions. Yoshitoshi renders the supernatural assembly with the exuberant energy he brought to all his yokai and ghost subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1881.
Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata depicts mythology.