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Tsuchigumo Sōshi
''Tsuchigumo Sōshi'' (土蜘蛛草紙) is a 14th-century Japanese picture scroll depicting the heroic exploits of Minamoto no Raikō in his battle against an enormous spider monster. Authorship and date The pictures in ''Tsuchigumo Sōshi'' are traditionally attributed to the artist Tosa Nagataka (土佐 長隆), who is also credited with the famous ''Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasion'', while the text is traditionally attributed to the Buddhist teacher Yoshida Kenkō, Kenkō, famed for his ''Essays in Idleness''. While these attributions are uncertain, the scroll itself is generally dated to the early 14th century, or the latter part of Japan's Kamakura period. Genre ''Tsuchigumo Sōshi'' is a picture scroll, or ''emaki''. Noriko Tsunoda Reider of Miami University identifies it as an example of an ''otogi-zōshi'', or Muromachi-period fiction, and it was included in Volume 9 of the ''Collection of Tales of the Muromachi Period'' (室町時代物語大成 ''Muromachi-j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamoto No Raikō
, also known as Minamoto no Raikō, served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Minamoto no Yorinobu, Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He is one of the earliest Minamoto clan, Minamoto of historical note for his military exploits, and is known for quelling the bandits of Ōeyama. His loyal service earned him the governorships of Izu Province, Kozuke Province, Kozuke and a number of others in turn, as well as a number of other high government positions. Yorimitsu served as commander of a regiment of the Imperial Guard, and as a secretary in the Ministry of War. When his father Minamoto no Mitsunaka died, he inherited Settsu Province. Yorimitsu is usually accompanied by his four legendary retainers, known as the Shitennō (The Four Heavenly Kings). They were Watanabe no Tsuna, Sakata no Kintoki, Urabe no Suetake, and Usui Sadamitsu. Legends Yorimitsu featured in a number of legends and tales, including the legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raiko And Tsuna Slay The Earth Spider
RAIKO ( ja, 雷鼓, literally ''thunder drum'') is a Japanese satellite which was built and operated by Tohoku and Wakayama Universities. A two-unit CubeSat, RAIKO was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 4 October 2012, having been launched on 21 July 2012. RAIKO was launched aboard the Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) spacecraft, atop an H-IIB launch vehicle flying from pad LC-Y2 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch occurred at 02:06:18 UTC on 21 July 2012. Four other CubeSats were launched with RAIKO; WE WISH, FITSAT-1, TechEdSat-1 and F-1. The five CubeSats was delivered to the International Space Station for deployment. CubeSats were deployed from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) '' Kibō'' via the J-SSOD system on 4 October 2012. Named after a Japanese god of thunder, RAIKO is a spacecraft, which was used for technology demonstration. It carries a camera with a fish-eye lens for Earth imaging, a prototype star tracker, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |