Black Shōki, the Demon Queller by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 — Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. Black Shōki, the Demon Queller, 1849. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Black Shōki, the Demon Queller

by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

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Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: 1849
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (107.3 × 36 cm) Overall with mounting: 72 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. (184.5 × 47 cm) Overall with knobs: 72 5/8 × 20 1/2 in. (184.5 × 52 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Accession no.: 14.76.57

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