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Setsubun
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Setsubun is part of the Japanese New Year’s celebration. Beans are then strewn about as a symbol of purity and to drive away evil spirits. Here, in a comic twist, this is done by Shoki, the mythical vanquisher of ghosts and evil spirits. The painter Tani Buncho was a master in figure studies. He sketched the exorcist and the little demon with an unerring brush.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSetsubun. 1773 - 1842. Tani Buncho. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
