Genzanmi Yorimasa (Yorimasa)

A photo of Nue (monster) ... a scene from Kagura "Yorimasa (Genzanmi Yorimasa)"
photo : Nobuhiro Konishi

This is one of the legends of bravery of Minamoto-no-Yorimasa who slayed Nue, a Monster whose head is monkey, body is raccoon dog, hands and feets are tiger and tail is snake (like a chimera of the Greek myths).

 

As Yorimasa was the best archer of the period, he was ordered to get rid of the Monster, Nue.

After he shot a bow and hit Nue, he and an attendant give it a finishing attack with swords.

 

※genzanmi...a class in court ranks

A photo of Yorimasa attacking Nue ( a monster).
photo : Nobuhiro Konishi