Erlang shinkun

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Woodblock Print Name: Erlang shinkun
Series Number: #12
Date: 1864/12
Description: This print illustrates an episode from Chapter 63; an old adversary of Son Gokū helps the travellers in a fight with a powerful demon. Although the reading of the characters in these names not certain for all of them, the actual personae shown are definitely identified. The first, called True Lord in English, is the persona named Erlang Shang in Chinese. The other is the Nine-Headed Demon, who is the son-in-law of the Dragon King of Azure Lake.
Series: Modern "Journey to the West"

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