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Japanese hanging scroll: a red-clad demon with a staff, a seated orange-robed priest, and a pale wolf beside a tree at night.

A Priest (Kōbō Daishi) practicing the Tantra, a demon before him, and a wolf behind

A fierce muscular demon in red-and-green armor strides toward the left, gripping a long staff, while a seated priest in orange robes raises a ritual object before a pale wolf beside a tree trunk. Painted in ink and color on paper, a crescent moon hangs above the dark night landscape of this Japanese hanging scroll.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
1760-1868
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
2540 × 1613 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Sacerdote (Kōbō Daishi) practicando el tantra, un demonio y un lobo

Un feroz demonio musculoso con armadura roja y verde avanza hacia la izquierda, sujetando un bastón largo, mientras un sacerdote sentado con túnica naranja alza un objeto ritual frente a un lobo pálido junto a un tronco. Pintada con tinta y color sobre papel, una luna creciente cuelga sobre el paisaje nocturno de este rollo colgante japonés.

Português: Sacerdote (Kōbō Daishi) praticando o tantra, um demônio e um lobo

Um feroz demônio musculoso com armadura vermelha e verde avança para a esquerda, segurando um bastão longo, enquanto um sacerdote sentado, de túnica laranja, ergue um objeto ritual diante de um lobo pálido junto a um tronco. Pintada com tinta e cor sobre papel, uma lua crescente paira sobre a paisagem noturna deste rolo japonês pendurado.

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