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Ibuki-dôji ('Boy from Mt. Ibuki'), a set of 3 handscroll paintings. Shuten dôji ('The Sake-Drinking Boy') was a popular medieval narrative work telling the tale of a boy who acquired supernatural powers and grew up to be a fearsome ogre. Here, we see a scene from the second scroll where the perpetually drunken boy is causing havoc in the street of a village, wildly waving a stick which he uses to beat the horses and oxen. Japan. Early Edo period, late 17th-early 18th CE. 31.2 x 834.7 cm (total second scroll). Inv. AC 1881,11210,0.271(&Others).
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART346604
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3001px × 1143px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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17th century CE
18th century CE
Boy
Drunkeness
Edo period, Japanese (1615-1867)
Flight (Fleeing)
Literary Illustration
Ox
Painting, Medium
Running
Scroll
Street Scene
Village