PLATES XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII
Sōjō-Bō, the Chief of the Tengu, Together with the Small Tengu
Sōjō-bō appears here as a furious spirit hovering among dark clouds. A coronet on his head is like that worn by the mountaineering priests; he has a pilgrim's staff, instead of the fan of feathers; his robes are those of regular Buddhist monks. The little Tengu are here represented as birds. See p. 309.
By Donshū, of the modern Kyōto School, dated 1852. In possession of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Thunder and Wind
See p. 288.
By Kyosai (died 18S9). In possession of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Yama-uba, THE Mountain-Woman, and Her Son Kintarō, the Child of Nature
The Mountain-Woman appears here as a fearful woman of the mountain, wearing variegated but worn-out robes, with fruits in a basket. Her son, Kintarō, is represented in red colour, therefore dark in the reproduction. See pp. 289 ff.
Taken from the Kokka, in a private collection in Osaka. A duplicate of the same picture executed on a wooden plate is in the galleries of Itsukushima. By Rosetsu, an unruly disciple of the realist Õkyo (died 1799).
