Zhong Kui (Shôki) the Demon Queller – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Zhong Kui (Shôki) the Demon Queller

Zhong Kui (Shôki) the Demon Queller

鍾馗図

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper

Dimensions Hashira-e; 70.4 x 12.4 cm (27 11/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4312

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Similar: Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #568

Signed Katsukawa Shunshô ga
勝川春章画

ProvenanceJanuary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.