The Earth Spider Creating Monsters

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843
The Earth Spider Creating Monsters, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Earth Spider Creating Monsters, zoomed in
36.2 cmThe Earth Spider Creating Monsters scale comparison74.7 cm

The Earth Spider Creating Monsters is an Edo Period Wood Block Print created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 1843. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Monsters and Games. DownloadSee The Earth Spider Creating Monsters in the Kaleidoscope

The Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛), or earth spider, was one of the more malevolent Japanese Yōkai (妖怪) spirits. Here, the earth spider torments the Fijiwara clan warrior Minamoto no Yorimitsu, filling his dreams with wicked beasts and monsters, while his retainers, unaware, play the Chinese strategy game of Go. In its day this was a controversial print, seen as a caricature of Shogun Ieyoshi. The original wood blocks for the print were burned, but Kuniyoshi replicated the blocks and continued to publish the prints. Fight the power Kuniyoshi.

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