Catalog record · 目録番号 59094

Moon of Kintoki's Mountain - Tsuki Hyakushi # 87

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1890
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 827 × 1200 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

"Tsuki Hyakushi; Kintokiyama no Tsuki" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; Moon of Kintoki's Mountain) The strong boy, Kintoki (or Kintaro) plays a referee for the sumo match of a monkey and a rabbit. The boy lives in the Ashigara mountains where he grew up with wild animals and the half human half spirit, Yamauba as his adopted mother. He later became a legendary hero as one of Minamoto no Raiko's famed Four Retainers.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1890. · artelino

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