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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. Red Shoki, the Demon Queller

Red Shoki, the Demon Queller. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 23 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (59.1 × 30.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 61 × 19 1/2 in. (154.9 × 49.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 61 × 21 5/16 in. (154.9 × 54.1 cm). Date: dated 1847. Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui) was a scholar of early seventh-century China who committed suicide after being cheated out of the first rank in civil service examinations, yet who was buried with honors after the emperor heard the tragic tale. To show his gratitude, Shoki appeared as an exorcist in a dream of a subsequent Chinese emperor and vowed to quell demons and banish disease. In Japan, auspicious images of Shoki were displayed for the Boys' Day Festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month. Here, the artist Katsushika Hokusai, aged eighty-seven, painted with red pigment, as that color was thought to have magical efficacy in warding off smallpox. In fact, there was a smallpox epidemic in Edo in 1847.
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Red Shoki, the Demon Queller
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Red Shoki, the Demon Queller. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 23 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (59.1 × 30.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 61 × 19 1/2 in. (154.9 × 49.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 61 × 21 5/16 in. (154.9 × 54.1 cm). Date: dated 1847. Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui) was a scholar of early seventh-century China who committed suicide after being cheated out of the first rank in civil service examinations, yet who was buried with honors after the emperor heard the tragic tale. To show his gratitude, Shoki appeared as an exorcist in a dream of a subsequent Chinese emperor and vowed to quell demons and banish disease. In Japan, auspicious images of Shoki were displayed for the Boys' Day Festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month. Here, the artist Katsushika Hokusai, aged eighty-seven, painted with red pigment, as that color was thought to have magical efficacy in warding off smallpox. In fact, there was a smallpox epidemic in Edo in 1847.
Technique/matériel:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Période:
Edo period (1615-1868)
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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? Autorisation de modèle: Non - ? Autorisation de propriété: Non
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3202 x 4268 px | 39.1 MB
Taille d'impression:
27.1 x 36.1 cm | 10.7 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)
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