Taira no Tadamori and the Oil Thief, 1885. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage. Taira no Tadamori(1096-1153) found something lighting strangely in the dark at night. He thought it might be Yokai or something, but actually it was an old monk who was lighting the stone lanterns with his oil pot. From The tale of

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