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Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword

Okumura Masanobu

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Artist
Okumura Masanobu
Date
c. 1725
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Dimensions
31.3 × 14.7 cm (12 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Okumura Masanobu, Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword, c. 1725, Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Clarence Buckingham Collection

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