Minneapolis Institute of Art

Picture of Shōki Capturing a Demon in the Dream

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi

Date

1890

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, like Kawanabe Kyōsai, whose painting Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest is hanging nearby, was a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861), the foremost designer of warrior prints in the mid-19th century. Yoshitoshi captured Shōki standing firm in a substantial breeze that makes his robe flow and long hair and beard swirl. A subjugated demon is holding the scabbard of Shōki’s drawn sword. Japan, Asia

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