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Ghost and Oil Lamp

1810

Tani Bun'ichi 谷 文一

(Japanese, 1787–1818)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
hanging scroll, ink, color, and gold on silk
Measurements
Painting only: 109.2 x 48.9 cm (43 x 19 1/4 in.); Including mounting: 187.3 x 65.4 cm (73 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kelvin Smith Fund 1992.71
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

Tani Bun’ichi was the adopted son of Tani Buncho (1763-1840), a master painter and connoisseur. A Bun’ichi painting remarkably similar to this one that depicts a ghost by a lacquer lamp stand, is in the collection the Tokyo temple Zensho-an. That painting once belonged to Sanyutei Encho (1839-1900), a famed raconteur of ghost stories who donated his collection of ghost paintings to the temple. An inscription in gold on the lamp stand in this painting, identical in content to that on the Zensho-an painting, indicates that it was executed in the 12th month of 1810. Bun’ichi explains that he did not like painting ghosts, but tried it out after listening to a person by the name of Ono.

Ghost and Oil Lamp

1810

Tani Bun'ichi

(Japanese, 1787–1818)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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