Under the Moon: Difference between revisions - JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia

Although all of Nizaemon's works were burned after rumors of them being cursed, he managed to hide Under the Moon in a safe location before his death. A landowner in Nanase's hometown finds the painting in the back of his barn, and then a curator from the {{W|Louvre}} takes it to the museum in 1989. The curator ends up being killed by the painting.

The painting does not go on display in the museum and is instead hidden within the Z-13 warehouse, part of the far eastern section in the Asian Art department of the Louvre. [[Gaucher]] reveals that the Z-13 warehouse had actually been closed off and abandoned since 1976. Curious about what lies there, Gaucher, [[Noguchi]] and two [[firefighters]] decide to go investigate the area with [[Rohan Kishibe|Rohan]]. As soon as they approach the painting, everyone accompanying Rohan dies from the painting's curse. Rohan is nearly killed by his [[Yu ~~Kishibe~~|grandmother]] and other ancestors as well, but uses [[Heaven's Door]] to momentarily erase his memories to escape from the curse.

After a thorough, scientific examination of the painting by experts following the disappearance of staffers who approached it, it is rumored to have been burned. However, Rohan cannot confirm whether this is true.<ref name="Louvre" />

When Rohan was just a young aspiring artist, he moved into his grandmother [[Yu ~~Kishibe~~|Yu]]'s inn, in which the painting was stored. Yu had decided to sell all but the necessities of the house following the passing of her husband, including the painting, which was sold to [[Gaucher Bigotte]], curator of the Louvre, through an antiquarian named Yoshio Kawadori. The painting killed Kawadori, but Gaucher nonetheless came to inn to take the painting himself. Rohan, ironically, handed it over personally without knowing the nature of the parcel. Nanase had also told Rohan about the painting and preemptively informed him that it was in the Louvre.

In the Louvre, the painting was stored in warehouse Z-13 beneath the museum. While the warehouse was emptied and the the art stored within moved to a more secure location, the black painting was forgotten inside. The warehouse was also used discreetly as part of an art forgery operation in 2023. However, the painter and art forger [[Maurice Legrand]]'s guilt allowed the painting to drive Legrand mad. Legrand created a painting called "Noire" which had the same properties as the black painting. When [[Rohan Kishibe]] took an interest in this painting, he remembers the black painting in the Louvre and goes to seek it.

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Line 37: Although all of Nizaemon's works were burned after rumors of them being cursed, he managed to hide Under the Moon in a safe location before his death. A landowner in Nanase's hometown finds the painting in the back of his barn, and then a curator from the {{W\|Louvre}} takes it to the museum in 1989. The curator ends up being killed by the painting. The painting does not go on display in the museum and is instead hidden within the Z-13 warehouse, part of the far eastern section in the Asian Art department of the Louvre. [[Gaucher]] reveals that the Z-13 warehouse had actually been closed off and abandoned since 1976. Curious about what lies there, Gaucher, [[Noguchi]] and two [[firefighters]] decide to go investigate the area with [[Rohan Kishibe\|Rohan]]. As soon as they approach the painting, everyone accompanying Rohan dies from the painting's curse. Rohan is nearly killed by his [[Yu ~~Kishibe~~\|grandmother]] and other ancestors as well, but uses [[Heaven's Door]] to momentarily erase his memories to escape from the curse. After a thorough, scientific examination of the painting by experts following the disappearance of staffers who approached it, it is rumored to have been burned. However, Rohan cannot confirm whether this is true.<ref name="Louvre" /> Line 50: The painting seemingly killed people over the years but remained in the possession of the Kishibe family, from which Nanase came from. When Rohan was just a young aspiring artist, he moved into his grandmother [[Yu ~~Kishibe~~\|Yu]]'s inn, in which the painting was stored. Yu had decided to sell all but the necessities of the house following the passing of her husband, including the painting, which was sold to [[Gaucher Bigotte]], curator of the Louvre, through an antiquarian named Yoshio Kawadori. The painting killed Kawadori, but Gaucher nonetheless came to inn to take the painting himself. Rohan, ironically, handed it over personally without knowing the nature of the parcel. Nanase had also told Rohan about the painting and preemptively informed him that it was in the Louvre. In the Louvre, the painting was stored in warehouse Z-13 beneath the museum. While the warehouse was emptied and the the art stored within moved to a more secure location, the black painting was forgotten inside. The warehouse was also used discreetly as part of an art forgery operation in 2023. However, the painter and art forger [[Maurice Legrand]]'s guilt allowed the painting to drive Legrand mad. Legrand created a painting called "Noire" which had the same properties as the black painting. When [[Rohan Kishibe]] took an interest in this painting, he remembers the black painting in the Louvre and goes to seek it.