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Color woodblock print of an armored warrior grappling with a red demon and pale spirit before a large full moon, with a decorative title cartouche at upper right.

Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)"

A warrior in layered armor and a blue patterned robe grapples with a snarling red demon and a pale spirit against a large full moon and dark ground. Rendered in vivid color woodblock print with bold outlines, the scene fills the sheet with twisting limbs, flowing sleeves and a decorative cartouche at upper right.

Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Date
1890
Medium
Color woodblock print
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1226 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1890).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.

Español: Guerrero que derriba a un demonio, de Nuevas formas de treinta y seis fantasmas

Un guerrero con armadura en capas y una túnica azul estampada lucha contra un demonio rojo de rostro furioso y un espíritu pálido, ante una gran luna llena y un suelo oscuro. Impresa en grabado en madera a color, con contornos marcados, la escena llena la hoja con extremidades retorcidas, mangas ondeantes y un cartucho decorativo arriba a la derecha.

Português: Guerreiro derrubando um demônio, de Novas formas de trinta e seis fantasmas

Um guerreiro com armadura em camadas e um manto azul estampado luta com um demônio vermelho de expressão furiosa e um espírito pálido, diante de uma grande lua cheia e de um chão escuro. Impressa em xilogravura colorida, com contornos marcados, a cena preenche a folha com membros retorcidos, mangas esvoaçantes e um cartucho decorativo no canto superior direito.

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