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Fight Before Statue of the King of Hell

Hokuei (Japanese, active 1824-1837) (Artist)
Honsei (Publisher)
ca. 1829-1837 (late Edo)
color pigments and ink on mulberry paper
(Japan and Korea )

rashi Rikan II portrays the figure at right with a raised sword; Asao Takumi (?) portrays the figure at left with a spear.

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[Signature] Shunkosai Hokuei ga

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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.

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Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)

Credit Line

Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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95.600B

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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