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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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