Kozuka with Shôki the Demon Queller

1663-1721 (Edo) 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

Standing on the left side of the kozuka is Shôki the demon queller. He is identifiable by his hat and beard. Shôki was an aspiring scholar in China who committed suicide when he failed the examinations to become a government official. The emperor, when he realized the degree o...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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