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| Title |
"Preparing to Kill the Earth Spider" ("Minamoto no Yorimitsu Tsuchigumo O-kiru Zu") |
| Series |
"New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts" ("Shinkei Sanjurokkassen") |
| Date |
1892 (1902, Second (and only later) Edition) |
| Publisher |
Daikoku-ya Heikichi (Tokyo, 1818-1923) |
| Carver |
Chokuzan |
| Image Size |
8 7/8 x 13 1/8 |
| Impression |
Excellent. Skillful "bokashi" shading to cartouche, lantern, and face; silver metallic "spider web" background; extensive "gauffrage" pattern to kimono; nicely visible woodgrain to grey background; burnishing to black swordcase, lantern, and fallen furniture; very crisp, highly detailed carving; two-color cartouche. |
| Condition |
Excellent. Excellent colors. Retains original album backing; wide margins. (No flaws noted.) |
| Reference/Illus |
Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Thirty-Six Ghosts" pl #32, pg 82; "The Bizzarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi," pl #47, pg 86; Ronin Gallery pl #32, pg 8. |
| Comments |
Hauntingly beautiful. Delirious with fever, Raiko is awakened by the monsterous "Earth Spider" disguised as a seven foot tall priest. |
| Item # |
CG-863 |
| Price |
$975 |
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