Title: Black Shōki, the Demon Queller
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1849
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsushika Hokusai 
Artist bio: Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (107.3 × 36 cm)
Overall with mounting: 72 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. (184.5 × 47 cm)
Overall with knobs: 72 5/8 × 20 1/2 in. (184.5 × 52 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men