Japanese Print "One Hundred Noh Plays - Earth Spider" by Tsukioka Kogyo
Artist:Tsukioka Kogyo
Title:One Hundred Noh Plays - Earth Spider
Date:1922-25.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Noh-gaku Hyaku Ban" (One Hundred Noh Plays) "Tsuchigumo" (Earth Spider). A sinister priest appeared at the bedside of Minamoto Raiko, who was ill at that time, and threw a spider net at him. The spider priest disappeared after Raiko attacked him with his sword. Raiko's guardsmen followed the blood trace and killed the monster spider.
