Minamoto no Yorimitsu about to kill the Earth Spider (Minamoto no Yorimitsu tsuchigumo o kiru zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japan
1839 – 1892

Chokusan Negishi, engraver
Japan

Minamoto no Yorimitsu about to kill the Earth Spider (Minamoto no Yorimitsu tsuchigumo o kiru zu)
from the series Thirty six ghosts in new forms (Shinkei Sanjurokkaisen)
1891
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Place made
Tokyo
Medium
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 22.7 cm (image oban)
37.6 x 25.5 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Gift of Brian and Barbara Crisp in memory of their son Andrew 2003
Accession number
20033G30
Signature and date
Signed, printed in block: l.l. "Yoshitoshi]"; with seal, l.l., red ink "[signature seal]". ?Dated in margin.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan