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Autumn Neighbours

Artwork · Hayashi Buntō · kakemono

A haiga by Hayashi Buntō (1882–1966), noted for his humour: a forlorn seaside holidaymaker in a beach robe and scarf turns out to be a kappa, the river demon whose head holds the water that gives him power — covered here by a scarf, his summer fun over. “Shops by the beach / all closed and boarded up — / insect voices.” 1 Mason 2005, pp. 362–363, fig. 429. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.