Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Ukiyo-e prints from the Ashmolean
(from 29th Sep 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)Prepare for giant spiders, dancing skeletons, winged goblins, and hordes of ghostly warriors!
Prince Kurokumo and the Earth Spider
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Description
There are several Japanese legends surrounding the evil earth spider. Here the earth spider transfers magical powers to Prince Kurokumo to help him plot revenge on his enemy, the tenth-century warrior Minamoto no Yorimitsu (also known as Raikō). The earth spider can be seen with Raikō in a triptych by Kuniyoshi on the opposite wall [EA1971.164].
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Details
- Series
- Beauty and Valour in the Novel Suikoden
- Associated place
- Date
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1867
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Artist/maker
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892) (designer)Watanabe Horiei (active c. 1867) (engraver)
- Material and technique
- woodblock
- Dimensions
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mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
print 25 x 18.5 cm (height x width)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by George Grigs, Miss Elizabeth Grigs, and Miss Susan Messer, in memory of Derick Grigs, 1971.
- Accession no.
- EA1971.213
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Ukiyo-e prints from the Ashmolean
(from 29th Sep 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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