A wild mountain woman in a cloak of leaves seated by a rushing stream, behind her the head of a great axe, which belongs to her son Kintoki, the "child Hercules" of Japanese legend. Colour woodcut, 188-(?) after Hokkei, 182-.

  • Hokkei (Iwakubo Tatsuyuki), 1780-1850.
Date:
[between 1880 and 1889?]
Reference:
37814i
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A wild mountain woman in a cloak of leaves seated by a rushing stream, behind her the head of a great axe, which belongs to her son Kintoki, the "child Hercules" of Japanese legend. Colour woodcut, 188-(?) after Hokkei, 182-. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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