Tengu and Their Noses

Tengu no hana

Publisher: Echizen-ya Heizaburô

c. 1842

Tengu are forest-dwelling creatures that are usually portrayed either as human-like with wings and long noses or bird-like. In this series of comic prints the tengu appear human, except for their long noses. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The images are each about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban. Two images were printed on a sheet of paper about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Title: Kyôga tengu no korishô Title: Tengu carrying with fish (Kyôga tengu no karuko)
	Title: Tengu in the rain (Tengu no yûdachi) Title: Tengu with lanterns (Tengu no hanaka mairi)
	Title: Tengu in the street at night (Yomichi tengu) Title: Tengu no ôrai
	Title: Tengu as the great warrior Benkei (Tengu musha hanatekobô) Title: Tengu fishing (Tengu no tsurishi)
	Title: Tengu practicing asceticism (Tengu no shugyôsha) Title: Tengu in a bathhouse (Tengu no sentô)

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