Ino Hayata Hiranao Seizing the Nue Monster as it Falls amid Clouds and Lightning.
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
The nue was one of Japanese legend's most fearsome chimeric monsters — part monkey, part tanuki, part snake, with a voice like a thrush — and the warrior Ino Hayata Hiranao who slew it was celebrated as a hero of the Heian court. Kuniyoshi depicts the creature plummeting from the sky amid storm clouds and lightning bolts after being struck by an arrow, a composition that gave full scope to his mastery of turbulent atmospheric effects. The black-and-purple-streaked sky and dramatic foreshortening mark this as a bravura piece in his supernatural warrior repertoire.
Ino Hayata Hiranao Seizing the Nue Monster as it Falls amid Clouds and Lightning. was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳).
Ino Hayata Hiranao Seizing the Nue Monster as it Falls amid Clouds and Lightning. depicts waterfalls and rivers & lakes.
