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Title: Shōki and demons
Alternative Title: 鍾馗鬼供之図
Creator: Aoki, Hyōsai, b. 1853, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: Signed "大日本横浜青木__" (Dai Nippon Aoki _ _) hidden in the painting at center left with no seals or inscriptions.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture.
Citation/Reference: Listed and reproduced in Kobayashi Tadashi and Samuel C. Morse, eds. Delightful Pursuits: Highlights from the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art at the Clark Center. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 2002.
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Delightful Pursuits: Highlights from the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art at the Clark Center," curated by Kobayashi Tadashi, organized by The Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art at the Clark Center, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Oita Art Museum, The Museum of Art, Ehime, and Chiba City Museum of Art, April 16, 2002-February 2, 2003
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 scroll painting; 52 x 125 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Meiji
Identifier: ark:/86071/d21d94
CL1994.002
93-3-4
Subject: Zhong
Kui (Spirit)
Demons
Ghouls and ogres
Goblins
symbolism (artistic concept)
Buddhist art and symbolism
figures (representations)
Interior architecture
Time Period: Meiji

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