The four heroic retainers of Raikō (Yorimitsu) with flaming torches, about to kill the great earth spider in its web. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1810s.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
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[between 1810 and 1819]
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36150i
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The four heroic retainers of Raikō (Yorimitsu) with flaming torches, about to kill the great earth spider in its web. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1810s. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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From an early work in a genre not normally associated with Kunisada

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Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [between 1810 and 1819]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Kunisada-ga Bears publisher's mark and set title

Notes

Illustration of the four retainers killing the spider

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36150i

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