Japanese Print "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon #86 - Kintoki's Mountain" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:One Hundred Aspects of the Moon #86 - Kintoki's Mountain
Date:1890.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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"Tsuki Hyakushi; Kintokiyama no Tsuki" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; Moon of Kintoki's Mountain) The strong boy, Kintoki plays a referee for the sumo match of a monkey and a rabbit. The boy lives in the Ashigara mountains where he grew up with wild animals and the half human half spirit, Yamauba as his adopted mother. He later became a legendary hero as one of Minamoto no Raiko's famed Four Retainers.