Shōki, the Demon?Queller, Edo period (1615?1868), early 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper (Beni-e), H. 27 in. (68. 6 cm) ; W. 10 in. (25. 4 cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686?1764), Shōki was generally depicted, based on the iconography, killing a small demon. However, in the Japanese popular cult that reveres him as guardian deity, he was also rendered standing alone in a more iconic mode