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Princess Mononoke Leporello Art Card, Scene 316
Officially licensed by Studio Ghibli.
Leporello art card
Format: six A6 panels in landscape format, folded to A6 (14.8 × 10.5 cm), 88.8 cm long when unfolded
Forest of the Deer God is one of the longest backgrounds Nizō Yamamoto painted for Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (1997), scene no. 316. In the film, the camera travels slowly along the painting, so the audience never sees it whole. Folded out, the leporello shows the forest in one continuous view: giant trunks rising from still water, moss and shafts of light. It comes wrapped in a beautiful paper band.
Around 120 of Nizō Yamamoto's original paintings are on view in Nizō Yamamoto: Master of Anime Scenography at the Tchoban Foundation, Berlin, until 10 January 2027.
The full painting is available as a Solegraph edition of 40 × 170 cm. More by Nizō Yamamoto: the book Nizō Yamamoto: Art for Animation.
© 1997 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, ND
Officially licensed by Studio Ghibli.
Leporello art card
Format: six A6 panels in landscape format, folded to A6 (14.8 × 10.5 cm), 88.8 cm long when unfolded
Forest of the Deer God is one of the longest backgrounds Nizō Yamamoto painted for Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (1997), scene no. 316. In the film, the camera travels slowly along the painting, so the audience never sees it whole. Folded out, the leporello shows the forest in one continuous view: giant trunks rising from still water, moss and shafts of light. It comes wrapped in a beautiful paper band.
Around 120 of Nizō Yamamoto's original paintings are on view in Nizō Yamamoto: Master of Anime Scenography at the Tchoban Foundation, Berlin, until 10 January 2027.
The full painting is available as a Solegraph edition of 40 × 170 cm. More by Nizō Yamamoto: the book Nizō Yamamoto: Art for Animation.
© 1997 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, ND