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Yamata no Orochi (Wikipedia)

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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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamata_no_Orochi
Source Type
encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
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.
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Boston, Cities

This source names Boston directly: "held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."

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Susanoo, Deities

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..."

Source Yamata no Orochi (Wikipedia)
Susanoo, Figures

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..."

Source Yamata no Orochi (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)

This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 18 claims: 11 well-attested, 5 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
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