Japanese Print "Yorimitsu on Mt. Oe" by Utagawa Yoshikazu
Artist:Utagawa Yoshikazu
Title:Yorimitsu on Mt. Oe
Date:Ca. 1850s.
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Description:
"Minamoto Yorimitsu Oe-yama iri no Zu". General Minamoto Yorimitsu (middle on the right sheet) and his "Shitenno" (Four famous retainers of Yorimitsu) are on Mt. Oe to destroy the monster Shuten Doji and his robber gangs. Here, they met a woman, who had been kidnapped by Shuten Doji, is washing clothes. She led them to Doji's hidden palace.