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Ii no Hayata Killing a Monster at the Imperial Palace
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Ii no Hayata Killing a Monster at the Imperial Palace

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1890 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ii no Hataya in combat with the monster he had earlier shot with an arrow from a black cloud. The monster, a *nue*, has a monkey's head, the back of a badger, the claws of a tiger, and a snake's tail.

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Credit lineIi no Hayata een monster dodend bij het Keizerlijk paleis. 1890. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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