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Shoki the Demon Queller by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

Shoki the Demon Queller

Shoki the Demon Queller

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1788–1798

Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Dimensions: 62 × 12.1 cm (24 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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