| Stockno.: | 22-260-a | Artist: | Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912) | Description: | No.4 Tamamo no mae (玉藻前), from the series Eastern brocades: day and night compared (Azuma Nishiki Chūya Kurabe 東錦晝夜竸). Published by Kobayashi Tetsujiro in 1886.
This print refers to the legend of Tamamo no mae, a beautiful woman who was also an evil nine-tailed fox (see cartouche) who set out to kill Emperor Konoe and take the throne: in the end her plan and disguise was discovered and she was killed, which turned her into the Sessho-seki (殺生石) or 'killing stone': killing anyone coming into touch with it. | Signed: | Yōshū Chikanobu hitsu, with toshidama seal. | Size: | Oban tate-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition. | Price: | Euro 225 SOLD | Reference: | | | | |
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