| agent |
unknown (Japanese painter) |
| culturalContext |
Japanese |
| date |
ca. 15th or 16 century (creation) |
| description |
In the Dōjōji legend, a woman jumps into the water while chasing a priest. In the
river she transforms from an upper-class woman into a dreadful figure with angry eyes
and wide-open mouth. Next she grows horns and flashes her fire-like tongue. Her body
takes on the form of a dragon, and she winds around the bell in which the monk is
hidden. On this particular pair of handscrolls, the woman has a head like a dragon,
but her body has no legs; that is, she has the body of a snake.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako; Miracles & mischief: Noh and Kyōgen theater in Japan, Los Angeles:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002 (0875871887) (accessed 5/29/2012) [description source] |
| inscription |
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| location |
Dōjōji Temple (Wakayama, Kinki, Japan) [repository] |
| material |
ink and colors on paper |
| measurements |
scroll 1: 31.5 cm (height) x 106.7 cm (length); scroll 2: 31.5 cm (height) x 1083.7
cm (length)
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| relation |
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| rights |
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| source |
Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) |
| stateEdition |
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| stylePeriod |
Muromachi |
| subject |
literary or legendary |
| technique |
painting and painting techniques |
| textref |
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| title |
Illustrated Legend of Dōjōji Temple [translated, true, en]
Dōjōji Engi [cited, false, ja]
道成寺縁起 [cited, false, ja] |
| worktype |
paintings (visual works); scroll paintings; handscrolls |
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| image courtesy A. Rybin, U. of Chicago |
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