Beauty with Demons, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (hashira-e); ink and color on paper, H. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm); W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), In stunning contrast, Harunobu's satiric treatment of the subject transforms the solemn guardian deity Shōki into a chicken-hearted Peeping Tom. Instead of repelling an evil spirit, Shōki assigns to it the role of a love-letter messenger
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Beauty, Demons, Edo period, 1615–1868, 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, hashira-e, ink, color, paper, H, 27 1/2, 69.9 cm, W, 4 13/16, 12.2, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, stunning, contrast, Harunobu, satiric treatment, subject transforms, solemn guardian, deity, Shōki, chicken-hearted Peeping, Tom, Instead, repelling, evil spirit, Shōki assigns, role, love-letter messenger
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