Kappa Print RD-UP_ARTWRK

DESCRIPTION
The kappa is a familiar type of water monster, considered one of three major yokai.

The kappa had been dangerous mankillers that drowned people, also targeting horses and cattle to be dragged into water. Later, they came to be depicted as mischievous beings which get punished (captured, having its arm severed, etc.), and in exchange of forgiveness, gratefully performed labor, or revealed a secret medicinal recipe.

Accounts typically depict them as green, slimy, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and turtle-like carapaces on their backs. A depression on the head, called a "dish" (sara), retains water, and if this receptacle is damaged or if its liquid is spilled or dried, a kappa becomes severely weakened.

The kappa favor cucumbers and love to engage in sumo-wrestling.

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PROPERTIES
- edition of 50 prints / screen printed
- 35х47,5 cm
- Silkscreen print, Fabriano Bianco paper 220 GSM
- numbered and signed by the artist @semakoleg

Produced and designed in Ukraine