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Artist's seal: Yoshitoshi no in (on lower sheet) 彫師：直山刀 Provenance By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA.
Taira Koremochi Conquering the Devil Woman on Mount Togakushi (Taira no Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu) Date: 1887. Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Japanese, 1839–1892
Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon at Togakushi Mountain (Taira Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu) Maker(s) Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892)
Fantastic kakemono or vertical diptych of the nobleman Taira no Koremochi preparing to vanquish Kiji, the demon of Mount Togakushi, with his sword. While hunting deer in the hills outside Kyoto, Lord Koremochi ran into a party of beautiful women so he joined them in a picnic.
Yoshitoshi depicts Taira no Koremochi about to kill the female demon on Mt. Togakushi in Shinano. The story depicted here is that of Taira no Koremochi, who whilst hunting, came upon a princess and her attendants in the woods.
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While hunting Taira no Koremochi came upon a princess and her attendants in the woods. At their invitation he joined them, and after feasting and drinking fell asleep. In a dream he was warned that the princess was in fact Kijo, a demon, who intended to kill him.
