Scary painting

The Scary Painting is a painting that can be bought from Redd in all games in the Animal Crossing series and is known in the real world as Actor Otani Oniji III as the Yakko Edobei. It is a 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 he 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 20^th-century; pieces by him (or them) are now considered to be a famous example of Japanese woodblock art (ukiyo-e).

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

Authenticity

In New Leaf, if the man's fingers are pointing rather than spread out, the painting is a forgery.

In New Horizons, if the man's eyebrows are upturned, the painting is a forgery.

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  The painting as it appears in City Folk

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  The forgery as it appears in New Horizons

Museum exhibit description

"A print from the mid-Edo period by Tōshūsai Sharaku depicting a famous actor of the time. Sharaku made roughly 140 ukiyo-e prints in his career, even though it only spanned around 10 months!"

— Museum Exhibit, Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Painting information

Animal Crossing, Wild World and City Folk

Item Name	Buy Price	Sell Price	Available From
Scary Painting	3,920 Bells*	490 Bells	Crazy Redd's

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