Votive slip folio 19 verso 1, 769.952.C685 v.7
Item
Title
Votive slip folio 19 verso 1, 769.952.C685 v.7
Description
An Ōtsue style oni kneeling on a red carpet as if in greeting. The writing top left is a series of daimei. The pose, the red carpet, and the formal kimono suggest a rakugo storyteller bowing to the audience prior to beginning his routine. The object in front of him is a mallet used to strike a small gong, a standard accoutrement of oni in Ōtsue; here the oni has placed it in front of him as a rakugo performer would place his folding fan.
Source
Gertrude Bass Warner Memorial Library, Japanese Art, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Identifier
769_952_c685_v7_0039a