Shotoku Taishi go-ichidaiki 聖徳太子御一代記 (Biography of Prince Shotoku), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1840

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Lightning flashing from the spirit of a great tree about to be felled by kawabe no omi, to build a ship for prince shotoku. Date: circa 1840. Dimensions: Height: 25.50 centimetres Width: 37.50 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Shotoku Taishi go-ichidaiki 聖徳太子御一代記 (Biography of Prince Shotoku) (BM 2008,3037.00402)