Tamamo NO MAE EN MIURA KURANOSUKE, YASHIMA GAKUTEI, C. 1827 Against a black background, a warrior with a bow, sitting on a rock, is depicted. Next to it a woman with long hair. The woman is Tamamo No Mae (the jewelry girl). She is possessed by a fox but is so beautiful that she became the beloved of Emperor Toba (1103-1156). When the emperor fell ill, the debt was placed with her, after which she fled the palace. Eventually she was shot by a hunter, after which she turned into a rock. With three poems. Japan paper color woodcut archer's weapons: bow and arrow

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