'Yorimasa slays the Vampire', 1912. Minamoto no Yorimasa, master of arrows and his servant Ino Hayata are instructed to kill the demon yokai Nue at the imperial court of Nijo Castle. From "Myths & Legends of Japan", by F. Harland Davis. [George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1912]

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