Image: Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama
The Museum of Art, Ehime has highlighted a work by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi in a social-media post titled ‘New! Ukiyo-e Exhibition: Artwork Introduction’. The featured print is ‘Raiko and the Four Heavenly Kings Defeating the Demon at Mount Oeyama’, dated 1864, and depicts the legendary confrontation between Minamoto no Yorimitsu and his retainers and a group of demons.
The museum’s Japanese-language description identifies the four figures as servants of Minamoto no Yorimitsu. According to the post, their intelligence helped support regency government, while their physical strength was demonstrated in episodes such as the defeat of Shuten-doji, the famed demon associated with Mount Oeyama.
The composition focuses not only on Yorimitsu and his retainers facing the demon, but also on the movements of the supernatural figures around them. The Museum of Art, Ehime specifically directs attention to the activity of the demons, presenting the work as an image whose narrative energy extends beyond the central confrontation.
Yoshitoshi’s print is the only artwork identified in the announcement. The post does not provide exhibition dates, a venue statement, or further details about the scope of the ‘New! Ukiyo-e Exhibition’; it functions as an artwork introduction centred on the 1864 print. The Museum of Art, Ehime is based in Matsuyama, Japan.
