Japanese Print "Battling Shuten-Dōji" by Utagawa Toyoharu
Artist:Utagawa Toyoharu
Title:Battling Shuten-Dōji
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Source:Los Angeles Public Library
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Description:
After numerous young women went missing, fabled warrior Minamoto no Raikō (also known as Minamoto no Yorimitsu) and his Four Guardian Kings tracked down the demon-ogre, Shuten-Dōji, responsible for the abductions. In this scene at a mountaintop temple, Yorimitsu and his men (foreground) are preparing a sake-like elixir to subdue Shuten-Dōji before killing him.