Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu-ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu 源頼光公館土蜘作妖怪圖 (The Earth Spider Conjures up Demons at the Mansion of Minamoto no Raiko)
Date: 1843 (?)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. The Earth Spider (right) conjures up demons at the mansion of Minamoto no Raiko (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) (right), who lies sick in bed. Two of his bodyguards, Watanabe no Tsuna and Sakata no Kintoki, play go (centre), while Urabe no Suetake (right) and Usui no Tadamitsu (left) look towards the procession of spirits in the background.