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Wisteria Maiden with an Ōtsu Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Monk, from the series Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Edo Shi-ire Ōtsu Miyage)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a green and beige kimono and a black hat with a yellow decoration stands to the left, looking down. A creature with horns, fur, a large mouth with pointed teeth and sharp claws wears a black and white kimono and holds a round yellow object on a stick and a white sign with black writing. The background is beige with some brown markings. There is black writing on the left and right edges.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1802–3
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
419 × 624 px
Museum record:
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