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Shinto Plaque ("Shoki The Demon Queller"). Circa 1830 AD ; Late Edo (1615 - 1868).
Empress Jingu Shrine Plaque
Shinto Plaque ("Shoki The Demon Queller"). Circa 1830 AD ; Late Edo (1615 - 1868).
Shinto Plaque ("Shoki The Demon Queller"). Circa 1830 AD ; Late Edo (1615 - 1868).
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Lloyd E. Cotsen and Neutrogena Corporation Collection. Photographs by Pat Pollard.
DepartmentAsia

Empress Jingu Shrine Plaque

NameShrine Plaque; Painting (Ema)
Maker Kano Asanobu
CultureJapanese
Datec. 1830
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions52 × 66 in. (132.1 × 167.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1525
Object numberA.1995.93.1525
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Description8 Panels are lined up side by side and create the surface for the painting. The image is a ship carrying warriors; at the prow of the boat stands Shoki the Demon Queller. Depicting a ship carrying warriors and a Tokugawa prince before the battlements of a fortress, with Shoki, "The Demon Queller", standing at the prow, calligraphy above and in the upper right corner; painted in polychrome on light wood panels; framed; black, blue green,bright blue, white, golden tan, gray, brown; wood, paint; painted.
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