page_title: Soga Shōhaku
hierarchical_section_title: Soga Shōhaku
caption_attribution_description: English: Shoki Ensnaring a Demon in a Spider Web by Soga Shohaku, 18th century, Japan, Edo period, Two-fold screen; ink on paper, Kimbell Art Museum 日本語: 鍾馗と蜘蛛図
context_page_description: Soga Shōhaku was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. Shōhaku distinguished himself from his contemporaries by preferring the brush style of the Muromachi period, an aesthetic that was already passé 150 years before his birth.
  Shōhaku's birth name was Miura Sakonjirō. His family was wealthy, but all of his immediate family members died before he reached the age of 18.
context_section_description: Soga Shōhaku (曾我蕭白) (1730–1781) was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. Shōhaku distinguished himself from his contemporaries by preferring the brush style of the Muromachi period, an aesthetic that was already passé 150 years before his birth.
  Shōhaku's birth name was Miura Sakonjirō. His family was wealthy, but all of his immediate family members died before he reached the age of 18.
caption: Shoki Ensnaring a Demon in a Spider Web by Soga Shōhaku. Ink on papered folding screen. Photograph by Kimbell Art Museum.
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