Clearing Weather of the Togakushi Mountains: Taira Koremochi Ason, 1868, 1st lunar month, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorō; Author: Takeda Kōrai, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. ( × cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, The warrior Taira Koremochi Ason probably lived between 1000 and 1100 CE but is only known through legends, including one in which the emperor asked him to travel to Mount Togakushi to kill a demon.

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