Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 46398
Nitta Shirö Tadatsune and the White Dragon Ghost
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1840-1850
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 481 × 248 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
According to Azuma Kagami, historical records of the Kamakura government compiled in the early 13th century, Minamoto no Yoriie (1182-1204) was hunting on Mount Fuji in 1203 when he heard of a mysterious mountain cave, called hitoana. Yoriie commanded General Nitta Shirö Tadatsune, known for his courage, to investigate the cave. Nitta and five other vassals found and entered it, but encountered a court lady (wearing a white kimono) who told them to leave. A local leader later told Nitta that the cave was the residence of Asama Bodhisattva (also know as Konoya sakuya-hime), and that humans should never enter the sacred space. In the late Edo period, the Fuji religion spread throughout Japan,…
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