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Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest, c. 1872, Kawanabe Kysai, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, 43 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (109.54 × 33.97 cm) (image)77 3/8 × 18 in. (196.53 × 45.72 cm) (mount)78 3/4 × 20 1/8 × 2 in. (200.03 × 51.12 × 5.08 cm) (mount, with roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century, This comical juxtaposition of the beauty and the beast pairs two popular characters from folk paintings sold as souvenirs. The Wisteria Maiden steps on the back of a demon priest to pull a branch of wisteria, ignoring his rapturous gaze and using him as no more than a footstool.

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Wisteria Maiden and Demon Priest, c. 1872, Kawanabe Kysai, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, 43 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (109.54 × 33.97 cm) (image)77 3/8 × 18 in. (196.53 × 45.72 cm) (mount)78 3/4 × 20 1/8 × 2 in. (200.03 × 51.12 × 5.08 cm) (mount, with roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century, This comical juxtaposition of the beauty and the beast pairs two popular characters from folk paintings sold as souvenirs. The Wisteria Maiden steps on the back of a demon priest to pull a branch of wisteria, ignoring his rapturous gaze and using him as no more than a footstool.

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2113 x 6791 px | 41.1 MB

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17.9 x 57.5 cm | 7.0 x 22.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

(JAPAN) • 1831-1889 • 1872 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • BACK • BARREL • BEAST PAIRS TWO POPULAR CHARACTERS • BEAUTY • BRANCH (TREE) • BRANCH • BRANCHES • COLOR • COLOUR • COMICAL JUXTAPOSITION • CURLER • CYLINDER (BARREL) • DEMON PRIEST • DRUM • FLUSH • FOLK PAINTINGS SOLD • FOOTSTOOL • IGNORING • IMAGE • INK • JAPAN • JAPAN. • JAPANESE • KAWANABE KYSAI • MOUNT • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NO • PULL • RAMA • RAPTUROUS GAZE • ROLLER • SILK • SOUVENIRS • TEXTILES: SILK • THROW • TREE BRANCHES • USING • WISTERIA MAIDEN STEPS • WISTERIA MAIDEN • WISTERIA • WYSTERIA • XIX CENTURY