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
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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
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Covers of Volume 1 of this 3 volume set |
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