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Japanese colour woodcut spread: a tengu creature in black clouds above startled figures in kimono, with a seated man and a barrel at right.

People bewitched (?) by a tengu (Japanese mountain demon) Colour woodcut attributed to Kyōsai, 187-(?).

A colour woodcut on a two-panel spread shows a tengu-like creature with a long nose and a leaf-fan, flying above a group of figures. Two kneeling women and two bald men in kimono react in alarm at the lower left, while a seated man in a blue robe leans on a barrel at right.

Artist
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Date
Between 1870 and 1879(?)]
Medium
Woodcuts Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2865 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1889.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Personas hechizadas por un tengu, xilografía en color atribuida a Kyōsai

Una xilografía en color en un díptico muestra una criatura parecida a un tengu, de nariz larga y con un abanico de hojas, volando sobre un grupo de figuras. Dos mujeres arrodilladas y dos hombres calvos con kimono reaccionan con alarma a la izquierda, mientras un hombre sentado con bata azul se apoya en un barril a la derecha.

Português: Pessoas enfeitiçadas por um tengu, xilogravura colorida atribuída a Kyōsai

Uma xilogravura colorida em um díptico mostra uma criatura semelhante a um tengu, de nariz longo e com um leque de folhas, voando acima de um grupo de figuras. Duas mulheres ajoelhadas e dois homens calvos de quimono reagem assustados à esquerda, enquanto um homem sentado de roupão azul se apoia em um barril à direita.

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