About this artwork
A samurai in a blue robe and full armor battles a large demon with red skin whom he has managed to pin to the ground, while a smiling Buddha statue looks on with approval. This print apparently illustrates an obscure legend, according to which the warrior had previously learned of strange happenings at a temple in Kai Province, where he had set up camp for the night. When he went to investigate, he encountered a group of spirits and goblins, the largest of which was in the form of a temple guardian, or niō. Once the large creature was defeated, the other apparitions, including dancing skeletons and moths, disappeared.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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Title
- Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)"
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1890
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Medium
- Color woodblock print
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Credit Line
- Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.
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Reference Number
- 1990.607.186
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/196865/manifest.json