Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

Port Townsend, Washington

TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA

豊原国周

とよはらくにちか

1835-1900

Two panels of a diptych

Subject:

Demon woman reflected in mirror

Signed: Kunichika hitsu

Artist's seal: Toshidama

Carver's seal: Hori Chō

Publisher: Tsunoi

津伊

つのい

Date: 1869

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THE MAGIC OF THE MIRROR

“The Bodhisattva [Manjuśri] then drew from his sleeve a magic mirror that showed demons in their true form.” This is a quote from Monkey by Wu Ch’êng-ên, translated by Arthur Waley, p. 208.