Scary painting

The Scary Painting is a painting that can be bought from the dubious Crazy Redd in all games in the, and is known in the real world as Actor Otani Oniji III as the Yakko Edobei. It is a rather terrifying Japanese print by the mysterious Sharaku, a Japanese artist. Little is known of him: he was active for only around ten months in 1794 and 1795, and may even be a group of artists that used the name 'Sharaku'- this word is a shortened version of the word sharakusai, meaning 'nonsense' in Japanese.

Sharaku did not become popular until the 20th century- peices by him (or them) are now considered to be some of the best examples of Japanese woodblock art.

The Scary Painting depicts a Kabuki actor supposedly during a performance. The painting is on display in the Tokyo National Museum.

*3,920 Bells reflects the price Redd charges for the painting. The actual buy price (if purchased through the catalog) is 1,960 Bells.