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Okumura Toshinobu Japanese
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Witty portrayals of the various Chinese-inspired gods of good fortune and other folk deities, like Shoki the Demon Queller, were a part of the irreverence for the demi-monde and its prints.
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Title: Daikoku and Shoki Playing Chess
Artist:
Okumura Toshinobu (active ca. 1717–1750)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1730
Culture: Japan
Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Accession Number: JP817
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