Daikoku and Shoki Playing Chess, Okumura Toshinobu, ca. 1730

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Daikoku and Shoki Playing Chess, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1730, Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 x 12 in. ( x cm), Prints, Okumura Toshinobu (active ca. 1725–1750), 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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Size: 4987px × 3833px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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