Lit. "subjugation of the Fabulous Night Monster." A pictorial subject taken from a famous episode in Heike monogatari 平家物語 (The Tale of The Heike) where Minamoto no Yorimasa 源頼政 (1104-80) shoots down a strange flying creature (nue, literally translates as "thrush"). During the reign of Emperor Konoe 近衛 (r.1141-55) around the Ninpei 仁平 era (1151-53), the emperor was frightened nightly by an ominous mass hovering over the palace. Yorimasa, ordered to subdue the unseen monster, shot an arrow into the low-hanging clouds and hit the beast. Called a nue, it had a monkey's head, badger's body, tiger's legs, snake's tail, and made the sound of a "golden mountain thrush" toratsugumi 虎鶫. The relieved emperor rewarded Yosimasa with a sword called Shishiō 獅子王 (Lion king). In the Ōho 応保 era (1161-62), Emperor Nijō 二条 (r.1158-65) was plagued by the nocturnal cries of a "thrush monster" and Yorimasa again killed the beast with an arrow. The image of Yorimasa shooting the nue was rendered in warrior pictures *musha-e 武者絵 by *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 artists. The theme was depicted on a votive tablet *hengaku 扁額 by Kō Sūkoku 高崇谷 (1730-1804) and donated to Sensōji 浅草寺, Tokyo in 1781.