Eight Hundred Heroes of Our Country s Suikoden 12, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1830

Ogata shuma hiroyuki (later known as jiraiya) with a heavy gun overcoming a huge snake which tried to eat his friends, the magic toads. Jiraiya is portrayed as being a ninja. Woodblock size: 39. 1 x 26. 9 cm. (15. 4 x 10. 6 in. ). Date: circa 1830.