Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji
c. 1840
- Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 214.6 × 195.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-113724
Even before the arrival of US ships demanding trade, Japan’s military government was experiencing economic challenges. This preparatory drawing is for a wooden plaque to be offered to a shrine, beseeching divine intervention in business affairs. Commissioned by a wholesalers’ union, it shows the demon Ibaraki-dōji reclaiming his arm from a warrior who, according to legend, had cut it off. The repossession of the arm is a metaphor for the union’s desire for the restoration of rights to sell sugar, which had been rescinded by the government as part of a misguided effort to stabilize the economy.
Provenance
Marlatt Fund, 1990.6
Registry history
- c. 1840 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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