Wikipedia's article on Yamata no Orochi, recounting Susanoo's defeat of the eight headed serpent by intoxicating it with sake set in eight vats before cutting it apart, discovering the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi in its tail, and naming a nineteenth century woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniteru I, "Gozu Tenno (Susanoo) Slaying Yamata no Orochi," held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamata_no_Orochi
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: an encyclopedia article naming the Kuniteru print and its museum holding directly, corroborated independently by a second, physically distinct print of the same subject by Yoshitoshi. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Boston, Cities This source names Boston directly: "held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."
This source names Susanoo directly: "on Yamata no Orochi, recounting Susanoo's defeat of the eight headed serpent by intoxicating it with sake set in eight vats before cutting it apart, discovering the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi in its..."
This source names Susanoo directly: "on Yamata no Orochi, recounting Susanoo's defeat of the eight headed serpent by intoxicating it with sake set in eight vats before cutting it apart, discovering the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi in its..."
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This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
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