Shōki (Zhong Kui) the demon queller and attendant

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 54.120.1
Type: woodblock print
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1900 körül
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Signed Bunchō (文晁) and rectangular crimson seal with the same characters
Materials/Techniques: paper, woodblock print
Dimensions: height: 40 cm; width: 26 cm
From the collection of Dr. Ottó Fettick (1875 - 1954).




Unknown artist, based on a painting by Tani Bunchō (谷文晁)




Analógiák:

https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/E339/lots/1127539-unknown-artist-depicting-shoki-the-demon-queller-japan-circa-1900 (Unknown artist, topic described, ca. 1900)




https://item.rakuten.co.jp/onkouan2/10000307/?scid=s_kwa_pla_unpaid_101918 (indicates that the artist is Tani Bunchō and it depicts Zong Kui on the top of Zhongnan Mountains)


Invaluable sold it as Hokusai (wrong attribution): https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/hokusai-1760-1849-untitled-36-x-145cm-9-c-0f34a7290b



Probable source of the print: https://www.carlobonte.be/auction-lot/a-japanese-scroll-painting-tani-buncho-1763-184_51E44D88EA