Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

formerly Port Townsend, Washington

now Kansas City, Missour

TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA

豊原国周

1835-1900

Two panels of a diptych

Subject:

Demon woman reflected in mirror

Signed: Kunichika hitsu

Artist's seal: Toshidama

Carver's seal: Hori Chō

Publisher: Tsunoi

津伊

Date: 1869

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AT LAST WE KNOW...

After searching for several years we have finally found out what the missing left panel of this triptych looks like.

We knew it had to be there because the prominent deep yellow-green sleeve on the far left above had to have

been attached to someone. Otherwise it wouldn't have been there.

See below for the proof.

THE MAGIC OF THE MIRROR

“The Bodhisattva [Manjuśri] then drew from his sleeve a magic mirror that showed demons in their true form.”

This is a quote from Monkey by Wu Ch’êng-ên, translated by Arthur Waley, p. 208.