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The Season

The Mouseion’s exhibition hall. A new exhibition opens on the first of every month, drawn from museum collections around the world and built around one idea.

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On the walls this month

  • Kali attacking Nisumbha
    Kali attacking Nisumbha — c. 1740, Gum tempera and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Demon Shutendoji, from the album Yamato Irotake — Okumura Masanobu
    The Demon Shutendoji, from the album Yamato Irotake — Okumura Masanobu (1686–1764), 1705-8, Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, ōban
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi) — Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
    Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi) — Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864), 1833, Color woodblock print; surimono
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces, from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"
    Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces, from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana" — c. 1760–65, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand
    Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand — 1744–45, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji — Shibata Zeshin
    Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji — Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891), c. 1840, hanging scroll, ink on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Tiered Court Scene — Chitarman II
    Tiered Court Scene — Chitarman II (1680–1750), c. 1735, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Passion: Christ in Limbo — Martin Schongauer
    The Passion: Christ in Limbo — Martin Schongauer (1450–1491), c. 1480, engraving
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • King Bana in his court, from an Usha-Aniruddha
    King Bana in his court, from an Usha-Aniruddha — c. 1760–70, Gum tempera and ink on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins — Gérard Edelinck
    Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins — Gérard Edelinck (1659–1743), n.d., Engraving and etching on cream wove paper
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana
    Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana — c. 1710, gum tempera and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" Ramayana
    Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" Ramayana — c. 1700, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui — Yan Hui
    The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui — Yan Hui (1245–1315), late 1200s–early 1300s, handscroll; ink and slight color on silk
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 49
    Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 49 — 1200s, Album; ink on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Remembrance of Italy — Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
    Remembrance of Italy — Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1801–1900), c. 1866, Etching on tan laid paper
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Self-Portrait — Walter Shirlaw
    Self-Portrait — Walter Shirlaw (1838–1909), 1878, Oil on canvas
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
    Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey) — c. 1725, Gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Demon in chains — Muhammad Siya Qalam
    Demon in chains — Muhammad Siya Qalam, c. 1453, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • May: Shoki the Demon Queller Riding on a Tiger, Subjugating Goblins, from the series "Of the Twelve Months: the Fifth (Junikagetsu no uchi: gogatsu)" — Kawanabe Kyôsai
    May: Shoki the Demon Queller Riding on a Tiger, Subjugating Goblins, from the series "Of the Twelve Months: the Fifth (Junikagetsu no uchi: gogatsu)" — Kawanabe Kyôsai (1831–1889), 1887, Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Pradyumna Enters the Palace of the Demon Sambar and Challenges him to Battle, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
    Pradyumna Enters the Palace of the Demon Sambar and Challenges him to Battle, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript — c. 1775, Opaque watercolor on paper
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”) — Katsukawa Shunsho
    Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”) — Katsukawa Shunsho (1726–1792), About 1768, Color woodblock print; hosoban
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • The actor Yamanaka Heikuro I as a demon — Torii Kiyonobu I
    The actor Yamanaka Heikuro I as a demon — Torii Kiyonobu I (1664–1729), c. 1706, Woodblock print; hosoban, sumizuri-e
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Devi Attacking a Demon
    Devi Attacking a Demon — c. 1630, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Raiko (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) and the demon kite — Totoya Hokkei
    Raiko (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) and the demon kite — Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850), c. 1825, Color woodblock print; shikishiban surimono
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • The Warrior Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon on His Back — Katsukawa Shunsho
    The Warrior Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon on His Back — Katsukawa Shunsho (1726–1792), About 1772, Color woodblock print; chûban
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)" — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
    Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)" — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 1890, Color woodblock print
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • The Goddess Annihilates the Demon Raktabija, from a Devi-Mahatmya
    The Goddess Annihilates the Demon Raktabija, from a Devi-Mahatmya — c. 1640, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Otafuku Throwing Black Beans to Chase Away the Demons on New Year's Eve (Senmen Otafuku zu) — Tōshūsai Sharaku
    Otafuku Throwing Black Beans to Chase Away the Demons on New Year's Eve (Senmen Otafuku zu) — Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794/95, Fan print, stencil-printed color on paper
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu
    Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu — 700–800s, sandstone
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Kali
    Kali — 900s–1000s, bronze
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Shiva as Slayer of the Elephant Demon
    Shiva as Slayer of the Elephant Demon — 1000s, granite
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
    Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini) — Kushan period, 2nd century, Molded terracotta
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Demon Covering Shoki
    Demon Covering Shoki — early to mid-1800s, ivory
    Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon
    Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon — Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.), first half of 8th century, Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
    Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini) — 6th century, Sandstone
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon
    Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon — 9th century, Bronze inlaid with silver
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon
    Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon — Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes
    Original: The Art Institute of Chicago

More of The Hall

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Where the works come from

Every work in the Mouseion is a real piece, out of copyright everywhere, shown from the open collections of the museums that hold it — each label names the original’s museum and links to its page there.