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Japan: Tsuchigumo, the 'earth spider', being killed by Minamoto no Yorimitsu. From the 'Tsuchigumo Zoshi' scroll, Tosa Nagataka,14th century

Tsuchigumo are monstrous creatures with the body of a tiger, limbs of a spider, and the face of a demon. They capture, bind and eat unwary travelers. When Minamoto no Yorimitsu killed a Tsuchigumo, 1,990 human skulls fell out of its belly. The Tsuchigumo no Zoshi Emaki (Narrative picture scroll of the story of the earth spider is a picture scroll depicting a story of a battle between Tsuchigumo and Minamoto no Yorimitsu, a general in the mid-Heian period. The story is well known as an episode in Taiheiki (a warrior tale) and the Noh song 'Tsuchigumo'.

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Titel: Japan: Tsuchigumo, the 'earth spider', being killed by Minamoto no Yorimitsu. From the 'Tsuchigumo Zoshi' scroll, Tosa Nagataka,14th century

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Tsuchigumo are monstrous creatures with the body of a tiger, limbs of a spider, and the face of a demon. They capture, bind and eat unwary travelers. When Minamoto no Yorimitsu killed a Tsuchigumo, 1,990 human skulls fell out of its belly. The Tsuchigumo no Zoshi Emaki (Narrative picture scroll of the story of the earth spider is a picture scroll depicting a story of a battle between Tsuchigumo and Minamoto no Yorimitsu, a general in the mid-Heian period. The story is well known as an episode in Taiheiki (a warrior tale) and the Noh song 'Tsuchigumo'.

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Schlüsselwörter: ABERGLAUBE • ASIEN • ASIEN, KONTINENT • GEMAELDE • GESCHICHTE • JAPAN • JAPANER • JAPANERIN • JAPANISCH • KONTINENT, ASIEN • KUNST • MALEREI • NAGATAKA, TOSA • ORMNAMENT: JAPANISCH • UNGEHEUER • ZEITGESCHICHTE