Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons

Provenance

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Artist: Miyagawa Isshō (Japanese, 1689–1780)
Date: second half of the 18th century
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 34 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (87 × 26.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 72 5/8 × 15 13/16 in. (184.5 × 40.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 72 5/8 × 18 1/8 in. (184.5 × 46 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.300.132

Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth)
Miyagawa Isshō
early 18th century · Painting
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016478

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