Sketch for a banquet scene

Utagawa Kuniyoshi1850

Oscar Niemeyer Museum
Curitiba, Brazil

Brush sketch developed on Kuniyoshi studio and eventually sent to the printer for de making of a matrix. On this scene, Miyamoto no Raiko and his samurais are disguised as monks in order to create an ambush against the monster Shuten-doji and their onis (demons) during a banquet.

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Title: Sketch for a banquet scene
Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japão, 1798 – 1861)
Date Created: 1850
Location: Japan
Physical Dimensions: 41,5 x 54 x 2,5 cm
Medium: Nankin on paper

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