Title
Ino Hayata killing a nue at the imperial palace (Dairi ni Ino Hayata nue o sasu zu), from the series New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts (Shingata sanjurokkaisen)
1890
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 1890
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2018
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 90.2018.1
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
This story comes from the historical saga 'Tale of the Heike' (Heike monogatari), specifically book 4, section 15 ‘The Nightbird. In the story, the nue was described as a supernatural creature with the head of monkey, the body of a badger, limbs of a tiger, the tail of a snake and the cry of a thrush. The image depicts Ino Hayata, the assistant to the warrior Minamoto Yorimasa, battling a nue. The pair had been called to help Emperor Konoe, who was tormented by a black cloud that settled over him each night, causing him to suffer from nightmarish visions. When Yorimasa heard strange sounds, he shot an arrow into the cloud, hitting a nue. Ino Hayata then slayed the fantastic beast.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 2019–08 Mar 2020