Art, Symbol & Imagination
Kiyohime Melts the Bell
A fantastic figure rises beside the great bell while onlookers recoil near the temple steps. The illustration list identifies the sorceress melting the bell in the story Kiyohime, or the Power of Love.
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Ozawa Nankoku (drawing); Henry W. Troy (engraving). "Kiyohime Melts the Bell" [editorial title]. In Japanese Fairy World, William Elliot Griffis; illustrations principally by Ozawa Nankoku, engraved by Henry W. Troy. Schenectady, New York: James H. Barhyte, 1880. The preface names Ozawa Nankoku and engraver Henry W. Troy; the Yorimasa picture is separately attributed to an unnamed student., 1880, James H. Barhyte. Source scan leaf 295. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0475-0289
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Ozawa Nankoku (drawing); Henry W. Troy (engraving). Kiyohime Melts the Bell. Japanese Fairy World. Scan leaf 295. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0475-0289