Japanese Print "Serpent Slayer - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" by Toyohara Chikanobu
Artist:Toyohara Chikanobu
Title:Serpent Slayer - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe
Date:1886.
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Description:
"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of Day and Night) Susano-o met the grieving old couple and their daughter. She would be sacrificed to the eight-headed sea serpent. But Susano-o made the serpent drunk and killed it.
