Title : Crab Temple - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe

Artist : Toyohara Chikanobu

Date : 1886.

Details : Toyohara Chikanobu: Crab Temple - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : "Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of the Day and the Night). Kaniman-ji (Crab Temple). The father of a religious girl saw a snake swallowing a frog. He told the snake that if it let the frog go, it could marry his daughter. The snake released the frog and disappeared. One night, the snake emerged as a man to claim the girl. She was terrified. She recited her Kannon-scroll. Hundreds of crabs (she had rescued a crab before) appeared from nowhere and killed the snake. Later, the villagers built a temple to honor the crabs. .

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