Snail Versus Demon from Sketch Album, by Kawanabe Kyōsai, mid- to late 1800s
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Snail Versus Demon from Sketch Album

Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)

mid- to late 1800s

Medium
Accordion-style book of 26 double-leaves; ink and color on paper
Classification
Bound Volume
Dimensions
Album, closed: 28 x 18 cm (11 x 7 1/16 in.)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
Credit line
Given by Anne and Anthony d'Offay in honor of Evan Turner
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art