Japanese Print "Raiko and Shuten Doji - Mirror of Famous Generals" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:Raiko and Shuten Doji - Mirror of Famous Generals
Date:1876.
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Description:
"Dai Nippon Meisho Kagami" (Mirrors of The Famous Generals of Japan). Minamoto no Raiko (Yorimitsu) and his four retainers in the Shuten-doji's wild party. Shuten-doji was a violent and dangerous chief of robber-bandits who lived in Mt.Ooe. He ate human flesh and drunk enormous amount of sake without any sign of intoxication. Raiko drugged him to submission.
