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Display Artist: Utagawa Kunimaro Display Title: Tawara Tota Defeating the Centipede Translation(s): Tawara Tota mukade taiji Creation Date: 1850-1851 Medium: Woodblock Height: 15 1/4 in. Width: 30 1/16 in. Display Dimensions: 15 1/4 in. x 30 1/16 in. (38.74 cm x 76.36 cm) Publisher: Kiya Sojiro Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Cora Timken Burnett Label Copy: "The tenth-century warrior hero Tawara no T?ta stands on the Seto bridge near Lake Biwa. Next to him is the dragons daughter, whose fatherthe dragon kingwatches the scene from the water. According to the legend, a giant centipede had been coming down from the mountains and eating the dragon kings children and grandchildren. Recognizing his exceptional valor, the dragon asked Tawara no T?ta to slay it. The archer had only three arrows; the first two inflicted no harm, but the third, which he doused in human salivawhich was thought to be poisonous to centipiedesentered the monsters brain and killed him. In thanks, the dragon king bestowed gifts on the archer. One of these was a bag of rice that never went dry, which gave the archer his name, Tawara no T?ta, or Lord of the Rice Bale." Label Copy (Spanish): "Tawara no T?ta, el hroe guerrero del siglo X, est parado sobre el puente Seto cerca del lago Biwa. Junto al l est la hija del rey dragn, y este mira la escena desde el agua.Segn la leyenda, un ciempis gigante bajaba de las montaas y devoraba a los hijos y nietos del rey dragn. Reconociendo su valenta excepcional, el dragn le pidi a Tawara no T?ta que lo matara.El arquero nicamente tena tres flechas; las primeras dos no le hicieron el menor dao, pero la tercera la moj con saliva humana que se supona era venenosa para los ciempis y penetr el cerebro del monstruo matndolo. En agradecimiento, el rey le concedi regalos al arquero. Uno de estos era un costal de arroz que nunca se secara, de ah proviene el nombre del arquero: Tawara no T?ta, o Seor del Fardo de Arroz. "