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Subject:Samurai Watercolor With Japanese Writing
Posted By: Ricky Thu, Feb 23, 2017 IP: 71.209.140.54

Got a nice what appears to be a samurai Warrior with Japanese writing on the right side and on the bottom is this green monster like guy. Can someone ID the monster at the bottom and is this a known character in the Samurai folklore? Also it does look very much like a watercolor. The frame on the back just has the paper and I dont want to break it. No signature other then the writing. Please help ID.

Subject:Re: Samurai Watercolor With Japanese Writing
Posted By: Ricky Sun, Mar 05, 2017

Here are some pics as I see they did not come through

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Subject:Re: Samurai Watercolor With Japanese Writing
Posted By: Guy Tue, Mar 07, 2017

Your work is not Japanese but Chinese and depicts the demon queller Zhong Kui. The same figure, from Chinese origin, also exists also in Japanese mythology, called there Shoki.

Guy.

Subject:Re: Samurai Watercolor With Japanese Writing
Posted By: Ricky Wed, Mar 08, 2017

Wow thank you. Can you or anyone else determine if this is an original watercolor or print? Hard to tell if it is a repro or one of a kind. Thank you again. Also any translation to English OR if it shows the artist name within that script?


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