Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest

Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest

Kitagawa Utamaro

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Utamaro's witty prints incorporating figures from Otsu-e folk paintings play with our perceptions of what is real and what is imaginary in art.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant PriestYoung Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant PriestYoung Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant PriestYoung Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant PriestYoung Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.