Kozuka with a Demon and a Thatched Hut

Description At the left of this composition, a demon ("oni") is seated on the ground. He appears to be removing a thorn from his foot. Near him on the right are a hut and a tree. Demons regularly appear in Japanese art and are often depicted in a humorous fashion.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 乙柳軒　味墨　政芳; [Translation] Otsuryûken Miboku Masayoshi [kao]; [Sticker] Edged with a blue trellis pattern: 395

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters