Japanese Woodblock Print Kuniyoshi Demon, Oni, Ghost

TITLE; SHUTEN-DOJI AT MT. OE HAVING A PARTY. Shuten-doji is a mythical ONI or demon leader of JAPAN, who according to legend was killed by the hero MINAMOTO RAIKO. Although decapitated, the demon’s detached head still took a bite at the hero, who avoided death by wearing multiple helmets stacked on his head. Shuten-doji had […]

Rare 19th Cent Woodblock Print The Ghost of Yaehatah by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka

Rare Antique 19th Century Japanese wood block print titled The Ghost of Yaehatahime (Yaehatahime no bôrei) and Akamatsu Jûtamaru Takanori, from the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (Biyû Suikoden) by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka. Sagas of Beauty and Bravery. Yoshitoshi explored and reinterpreted themes of the supernatural in the context of the tales of the Suikoden. […]