Catalog record · 目録番号 37879

Spirit of Earth Spider - Kabuki

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代: 1864
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 1000 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

"Tsuchigumo" (Earth Spider). A beautiful and sinister woman (Played by Sawamura Tanosuke) appeared at the bedside of Minamoto Raiko (Sawamura Tosho). She threw a spider net at him. The woman disappeared after Raiko attacked her with his sword. Raiko's guardsmen, Sakata Kintoki (Left: played by Nakamura Shikan) and Watanabe Tsuna (Ichikawa Kuzo) followed the blood trace and killed the monster spider.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1864. · artelino

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