Ino Hayata Hiranao Seizing the Nue Monster as it Falls amid Clouds and Lightning.
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
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.
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