Transport of the statue of Louis XIV by Girardon to Place Louis-le-Grand, July 16, 1699, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Clockwise from the top: shosenpu saishin seated with an iron club; seimenju yoshi testing the edge of his sword; soshiko raio, brown-skinned, holding his sword; kyumonryo shishin half-naked and tattooed; kaosho rochishin, brown-skinned, with a long iron club; sobikatsu gaiho with a dead hare on a bamboo pole; shingyotaiho taiso resting his chin on his stick; ryotoda gaichin (ryotoja kaichin) adjusting his trousers; and bizenko shuto seated in contemplation. Date: 1845. Dimensions: Height: 37.20 centimetres Width: 25.90 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Tenseizo sanjyurokuin 天罡星三十六員 (Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits) (BM 2008,3037.10101)