Japanese Myths and Pre-modern Imagination

MINAMOTO YORIMITSU ALSO KNOWN AS RAIKO

Pre-modern history is not just about Europe's culture and its productions. This article finds the current interest in superheroes reflected in a 14th century Japanese myth. #Japan #superheroes

Yorimitsu and Shuten-Dôji: The drunken demon of Kyoto

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190121-yorimitsu-and-shuten-dji-the-drunken-demon-of-kyoto