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Title
Taira no Tadamori, 1096-1153, observing the oil priest
Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors
Alternative Title
Yoshitoshi musha burui: Taira no Tadamori
Creator
Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1886
Publication Information
Tsunashima Kamekichi
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
Rights Information
The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this item may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Scripps College. Any form of image reproduction, transmission, display, or storage in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of Scripps College and other copyright holders. Scripps College retains all rights, including copyright, in data, images, documentation, text and other information contained in these files. For permissions, please contact: Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Attn: Rights and Reproductions, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Description
One night, as Tadamori sat with the Emperor, they received a report that a monster--a figure with spikes growing out of its head and a flaming mouth--was on the road leading to the temple of Yasaka no Yashiro, and that it had been seen on the road several nights. Fearing a demon, the Emperor ordered Tadamori to find and kill it. Tadamori went in search of the creature, and when he found it, it turned out to be a temple servant who was charged with keeping the oil lamps lit, carryin a jug of oil, wearing a battered straw hat, and carrying a torch, which he had kept alight by periodically blowing on and which had reflected light off of his hat. (Henri Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, p. 507.)
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
93.3.71.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cyw/id/348
Language
Japanese
Subject
Men (male humans)
Warriors
Hats
Jugs (vessels)
Ukiyo-e
Print
Time Period
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Source
Wood-block Print; Ink on Paper; 12 15/16 in. x 8 3/4 in. (328.61 mm x 222.25 mm)
Relation
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw

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