Death in art
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Record:
"Depiction of the Nine Phases" scroll
Collection — Box 1
Call Number: MS Roll 16
Overview
Taniguchi Gessō (1774-1865), a Japanese artist during the Edo period, was born in Mie prefecture, Japan. He studied painting under Tanke Gessen (丹家月僊). He depicted landscapes, portraits, and flowers and birds (Kachō-ga) in his paintings. This scroll, the Depiction of the Nine Phases, which has a Buddhist theme, shows the nine stages of decomposition of the human body after death.
Dates:
approximately 1800-1865