Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 64887

The Oni at Rashomon Gate

Artist / 作者
Katsukawa Shunshō勝川春章
Date / 年代
1795-1805
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録
316 × 504 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者
森川ミドリ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

Unusually intricate and colorful classic print of the legendary genre by one of the early ukiyo-e masters Watanabe no Tsuna was a 10th Century samurai loyal to Minamoto no Raiko, who is central to many heroic feats, including the defeat of the Ibaragi Oni, a cohort of the brigand leader Shunten Doji, at the Rashomon gate in Heian capital now known as Kyoto. He severed the arm of the demon, and though he was later tricked into returning it, but Ibaragi never returned to harrass people at the Gate again.

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