Ii no Hayata killing the Nue at the Imperial palace, by Yoshitoshi

An image of Ii no Hayata killing the Nue at the Imperial palace, from the series New forms of the thirty-six ghosts (Shingata sanjûrokkaisen). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese, 1839-1892). Ôban. First edition; Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi; Block-cutter: Chokuzan (Negishi Chokuzan). Woodcut, colour printing, with burnishing (shômenzuri), 1890. Acquisition Credit: Purchased from the Rylands Fund with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund. Notes: The story of the print 'Ii no Hayata killing a nue at the imperial palace' originally comes from the 'Tale of Heike' ('Heike Monogatari'), compiled prior to 1330, Book 4, Section 15 called ‘The Nightbird’. The story of the slaughter of a nue was first mentioned in this story where it was described as a supernatural creature with the head of monkey, the body of a badger, limbs of a tiger, the tail of a snake and the cry of a thrush.

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Ii no Hayata killing the Nue at the Imperial palace, from the series New forms of the thirty-six ghosts (Shingata sanjûrokkaisen). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese, 1839-1892). Ôban. First edition; Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi; Block-cutter: Chokuzan (Negishi Chokuzan). Woodcut, colour printing, with burnishing (shômenzuri), 1890. Acquisition Credit: Purchased from the Rylands Fund with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund. Notes: The story of the print 'Ii no Hayata killing a nue at the imperial palace' originally comes from the 'Tale of Heike' ('Heike Monogatari'), compiled prior to 1330, Book 4, Section 15 called ‘The Nightbird’. The story of the slaughter of a nue was first mentioned in this story where it was described as a supernatural creature with the head of monkey, the body of a badger, limbs of a tiger, the tail of a snake and the cry of a thrush.

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Accession Number: P.28-2003
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 702 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 935.64kB

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