Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)

Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon
Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon at Togakushi Mountain (Taira Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu)

Woodblock print, lower sheet signed Yoshitoshi, published by Matsui Eikichi, 1887
Vertical oban diptych (each sheet 36.6 x 25 cm.)

Specialist note

This vertical diptych depicts Taira no Koremochi about to kill the female demon on Mt. Togakushi in Shinano.

For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/taira-koremochi-vanquishes-a-female-demon-at-togakushi-mountain-taira-koremochi-togakushiyama-kijo-taiji-no-zu-529173