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276 | SIX SCROLL PAINTINGS OF
WEATHER DEITIES AND ONI
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) to Taisho period (1912-1926)
Published: Depicted in Svenska Hem i ord och Bild, 1928, Amiralen
och Fru Sten Ankarcronas hem, Kommendörsgatan 2, pp. 52-53.
Here described as depicting allegories over weather gods creating
thunder, snow, rain, hail etc.

Painted with ink and colors on paper, each mounted as a
hanging scroll, depicting Fujin, the god of wind, and Raijin, the
god of thunder, lightning, and storms, as they release various
forms of meteorological havoc with the help of some oni
(demons) upon the people of earth below, who are fleeing in
fear, with one of the six scrolls depicting a more benign scene,
showing an oni painting a rainbow in the sky, the people below
pointing and smiling.

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