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Shoki, the Demon Queller by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

Shoki, the Demon Queller

Shoki, the Demon Queller

Okumura Masanobu

1740–1750

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; habahiro hashira-e, urushi-e
Dimensions: 58.9 × 25.7 cm (23 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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