Ôeyama (逢悦弥誠)

1831

 

Ôeyama is a mountain in the Kyoto Prefecture of Japan.  It is known in popular mythology as the residence of the demon Shuten-dôji, who was plied with sake and then killed by Raikô and his retainers.  This three-volume series is also known as “Tale of the Drunken Demon: A Ribald Parody”.  Each page is approximately 8¾ by 61/3 inches or 22 by 16 cm, a size known as hanshi-bon.

 

The left half of this image is identical to the preceding one.  The fold marks down the center of some of these pages indicate that the pages were folded to produce newly recombined pictures.

Covers of Volume 1 of this 3 volume set

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