Japanese Print "Spirit of Earth Spider - Kabuki" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Spirit of Earth Spider - Kabuki
Date:1864.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Tsuchigumo" (Earth Spider). A beautiful and sinister woman (Played by Sawamura Tanosuke) appeared at the bedside of Minamoto Raiko (Sawamura Tosho). She threw a spider net at him. The woman disappeared after Raiko attacked her with his sword. Raiko's guardsmen, Sakata Kintoki (Left: played by Nakamura Shikan) and Watanabe Tsuna (Ichikawa Kuzo) followed the blood trace and killed the monster spider.
