| Yama[閻魔] is the lord of hell, the underworld, in Buddhism, and is a god who judges the good and evil deeds of the dead during their lifetime. He symbolizes dominant and fear. The other ura-menuki is Datsueba[奪衣婆], an old female demon who strips the clothes of the dead people at the River Sanz[三途の川]. In the late Edo period, she was considered an object of folk belief to ward off evil and stop coughs, and shrines were built to worship her. Atsutaka[厚隆] is Morimura. He was a student of Shinjo Mitsuyoshi[真乗 光美], the 15th soke of the Goto lineage, and also underworked of his master's work. His elegant style is in the Goto school, and he had works inscribed Morimura Atsutaka (with kao)[守邨厚隆（花押）] with the dates Kaei and Ansei[嘉永1848-1854・安政1854-1860]. He lived in Edo. A pair of menuki that exudes dignity and impresses admonition upon the mind. It has passed Tokubetsu Kicho Kodogu shinsa in 1959. |
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