“The upper panel of the two has the caption ‘The bakejizō of the bleak field scares a short-sighted old man.’ This notorious ghostly jizō also features in Beautiful Places of Advanced Tokyo (Tokyō Kaika Meisho no Ushi). Try as he might to frighten an old man passing by, the man is too short-sighted to appreciate it. Kyōgo meisho (‘Crazy pictures of famous places’) in the title of this work signals that places of interest are showcased.” ~ Yokai (2021) by Koichi Yumoto
Appearance List Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo (1881) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Sample Read Tsukioka Yoshitoshi at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art [Smithsonian]
Description “The upper panel of the two has the caption ‘The bakejizō of the bleak field scares a short-sighted old man.’ This notorious ghostly jizō also features in Beautiful Places of Advanced Tokyo (Tokyō Kaika Meisho no Ushi). Try as he might to frighten an old man passing by, the man is too short-sighted to appreciate it. Kyōgo meisho (‘Crazy pictures of famous places’) in the title of this work signals that places of interest are showcased.” ~ Yokai (2021) by Koichi Yumoto
