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Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword

Okumura Masanobu

1720–1730

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Dimensions: 31.3 × 14.7 cm (12 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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