Japan & the Far East
Yorimasa Slays the Vampire
Original caption: Yorimasa slays the Vampire
Evelyn Paul shows Yorimasa drawing his bow toward the roof of the imperial palace during a violent night storm. In Davis's retelling, a mysterious creature visits the roof each evening, its cries depriving the emperor of sleep and worsening his illness. Yorimasa waits for a flash of lightning to reveal its eyes, then shoots the creature and ends the haunting. The source calls it a vampire, but describes a composite beast with an ape's head, tiger-like body and claws, a serpent's tail, bird wings and dragon scales, not a human revenant.
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Evelyn Paul. "Yorimasa Slays the Vampire" [source caption]. In Myths and Legends of Japan, F. Hadland Davis; illustrated by Evelyn Paul. 1912, George G. Harrap & Company. Source scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/japan-yorimasa
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Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Description follows Davis's retelling and the supplied plate, rather than presenting the legend as historical fact.
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Evelyn Paul. Yorimasa Slays the Vampire. Myths and Legends of Japan. Scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/japan-yorimasa