Tag: Kintaro

  • Kintaro The Golden Boy

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    Lee Jay Walker brings us the art and folklore of Japan’s Kintaro the Golden Boy: Toshidama Gallery comments about the depiction of Kintaro by the artist Utagawa Yoshikazu (pitcure above)by stating that “Yoshikazu portrays Kintaro (the Golden Boy) wrestling one of Yorimitsu’s retainers. Kintaro, as with so many Japanese heroes, is the subject of legend and possibly…