Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
One dark and stormy night, the Heian warrior Taira Tadamori saw a strange glowing form flitting from tree to tree on the grounds of a temple in Kyoto. Thinking he would capture a ghost, Tadamori removed his sandals and crept closer, only to discover an old priest replenishing the temple lanterns with a pot of oil. The priest's crude straw rain hat had deceived the warrior.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79297
label
Abura Bozu yami yo no kuro zome
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79297
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Abura Bozu yami yo no kuro zome
description
One dark and stormy night, the Heian warrior Taira Tadamori saw a strange glowing form flitting from tree to tree on the grounds of a temple in Kyoto. Thinking he would capture a ghost, Tadamori removed his sandals and crept closer, only to discover an old priest replenishing the temple lanterns with a pot of oil. The priest's crude straw rain hat had deceived the warrior.
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
1888 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
color woodcuts
triptychs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Utagawa School
inscriptions
[Signature] On print: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
med
mulberry paper, pigments, mica
creator_ids
6301
14895
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8e0d00cff07a6ab1