Picture of Shōki Capturing a Demon in the Dream
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 14 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (35.72 × 24.13 cm) (image, vertical ōban)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, like Kawanabe Kyōsai, whose painting Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest is hanging nearby, was a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861), the foremost designer of warrior prints in the mid-19th century. Yoshitoshi captured Shōki standing firm in a substantial breeze that makes his robe flow and long hair and beard swirl. A subjugated demon is holding the scabbard of Shōki’s drawn sword.
