Page 4, Ogres of Oyeyama
Title
Page 4, Ogres of Oyeyama
Creator
Takejiro Hasegawa, 1853-1938
Source
Private collection, on loan to Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College
Publisher
[Published by T. Hasegawa, Tokyo]
Date
Meiji 24, Month 7, Day 20 (July 20, 1891)
Contributor
Eitaku, Kobayashi, 1843-1890 (illustrator)
Rights
Copyright Connecticut College, 2014. For rights and reproduction requests, contact the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives at learcenter(at)conncoll(dot)edu.
Format
Image/JPEG
Language
English, Japanese
Type
Document
Identifier
Japanese Fairy Tales, No. 19
Original Format
Crepe Paper
Text
to make an attack on the ogres' castle. Wantanabe Tsuna, one of Raiko's followers, had indeed laid in wait for Shutendoji, the chief of the ogres, at the Gate called Rashamon, in Kyoto. There a famous struggle had taken place in which, though the ogre had escaped him, Tsuna had cut off, and carried away in triumph the monster's arm. Shutendoji, however, by means of a clever trick, got his arm back again; and he, and his horrible crew, from this time forward, became bolder and bolder until at last, the whole city was filled with terror and mourning.
Raiko was delighted to recieve
Raiko was delighted to recieve
Files
Collection
Citation
Takejiro Hasegawa, 1853-1938, “Page 4, Ogres of Oyeyama,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed November 21, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/923.