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While hunting with the shogun, the 12th-century samurai Nitta Shirō Tadatsune distinguished himself by seizing and killing a wounded boar about to attack the shogun. A couple of days later, Tadatsune was walking on Mt. Fuji, and he and his companions discovered a mysterious tunnel. Entering the tunnel they discovered a large cavern within, where Nitta was greeted by a deity--according to Buddhists an apparition of the bodhisattva Kannon; according to Shinto the spirit of Mt Fuji. While Tadatsune conversed calmly with the goddess, his companions cowered fearfully before her. Before vanishing, the goddess commended Nitta for his earlier bravery. In this composition, Yoshitoshi looks downward at Tadatsune as he advances through the bat-filled darkness of the mountain. Another take on this tale is presented in image 93.6.21.
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