Wind God

Late 19th century

Current Collection

Cambridge, United States

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; with artist's signature and seal
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-131971

Painted primarily in ink and ink wash on paper, this hanging scroll presents the Wind God Fūjin, a demon-like spirit who carries the wind in a large sack. In this whimsical rendering, a horned Wind God with bulging eyes and beastly talons is forcefully propelled backwards as he releases the wind from his enormous bag, the voluminous sack creating a round, moon-like expanse of white behind him. Graded ink washes around the figure suggest clouds, and a touch of red pigment on the mouth adds a note of ferocity to this otherwise playful depiction. The signature and seal of artist Kobayashi Eitaku (1843-1890) appear at the lower left corner of the composition.

Provenance

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Louis V. Ledoux Collection; Gift of Mrs. L. Pierre Ledoux in memory of her husband

Registry history

Late 19th century — Recorded in the collection of Harvard Art Museums

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