The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu

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The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu

Alternate Title: 源頼光公館土蜘作妖怪図
1843
Prints; woodblocks
Color woodblock print triptych
Sight: 13 3/4 x 26 5/8 in. (35 x 67.7 cm)
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest (M.2006.136.292a-c)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Katz-Harris, Felicia, editor. Yōkai: Ghosts, Demons & Monsters of Japan. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2019.