# The Advent of a Demon; Scene from a Performance in an old Kabuki Theatre

**Unknown artist**  
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper  
H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm); W. 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1299. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55240).

## About this work

An unrecorded Japan artist designed this. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- Real size: about 8 × 11 in (21 × 28 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: Theatre, Swords, Men, Demons, Actors
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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