Kawanabe Kyōsai日本, 1831–1889Hell Courtesan
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クリーブランド美術館
クリーブランド, アメリカ合衆国
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About the painting
Kawanabe Kyōsai repeated this large-scale composition with variations a number of times. In this version, a famous 15th-century courtesan known for wearing a robe with images of the Buddhist hells stands before a folding screen. Legend has it that she was abducted by bandits, and wore the garment to symbolize her belief that her suffering in her current life was punishment for sins committed in a former life. Here, in a parody depiction of the garment, the courtesan stands in for Benzaiten, the goddess of everything that flows, while the remaining members of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune appear on her outer robe. One of them reports sins to Enma, the King of Hell, who is writing out his judgments on the recently deceased.
クリーブランド美術館
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 1985.268
カタログ収録
出典
- クリーブランド美術館: the museum's own open data · 6 日前に取得
- 画像： クリーブランド美術館 — Museum open access
![Long Legs [left of a pair of Long Legs and Long Arms], Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1870s–1880s](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/116000/800/40/116848/mia_8031961_800.jpg)
![Long Arms [right of a pair of Long Legs and Long Arms], Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1870s–1880s](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/116000/800/40/116849/mia_8031957_800.jpg)
