Title: Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: second half of the 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Miyagawa Isshō 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1689–1780
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 34 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (87 × 26.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 72 5/8 × 15 13/16 in. (184.5 × 40.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 72 5/8 × 18 1/8 in. (184.5 × 46 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Demons