#29 - Kobayakawa Takakage debating with tengu on Mt. Hiko
Series
36 Ghosts
Date
1892
Publisher
Sasaki Toyokichi
Format
Oban (9 3/4" X 14 1/4")
Comment
First edition, 3 color cartouche.
Embossing and burnishing; backed.
In this design, Yoshitoshi portrays the tengu as a yamabushi (mountain warrior priest) who has appeared suddenly out of the mists - the swaths of grey that are obscuring the fearless General Kobayakawa and his frightened troops.
