page_title: Tawara Tōda Monogatari
hierarchical_section_title: Tawara Tōda Monogatari
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 『東海道五十三對 草津』、俵藤太の百足退治を著したもの。上段には三上山と百足を描き、下段には百足退治を依頼した龍の化身である女性と秀郷を描いている。 English: "The 53 stations of the Tōkaidō in pairs" (or "53 Parallels for the Tōkaidō Road"), Kusatsu. The print the Dragon Princess rising from the water to bid Hidesato, standing on the shore of lake Biwa with his bow, to rid the lake of the giant centipede Seta.
context_page_description: The Tale of Tawara Tōda is a Japanese heroic tale recounting the legendary exploits of Fujiwara no Hidesato. It is part of the otogi-zōshi genre of tales dating to the Edo Period or earlier. Some of the fabulous accounts are also told in the military pseudo-chronicle, Taiheiki.
  He used bow and arrow to kill a giant centipede which wrapped around a mountain near Lake Biwa, fulfilling
  the request of a serpent at a bridge, which turned out to be a court lady from the underwater Ryūgū-jō "Dragon Palace". The hero was entertained at the palace and received rewards including armor and sword, and an inexhaustible bag of rice.
  "My Lord Bag-O'-Rice" is English-translated title of Basil Hall Chamberlain's retelling, published as a fairy tale. This was later followed by Yei Theodora Ozaki's translation "My Lord Bag of Rice" based on Iwaya Sazanami's retelling.
context_section_description: The Tale of Tawara Tōda (俵藤太物語, Tawara Tōda monogatari) is a Japanese heroic tale recounting the legendary exploits of Fujiwara no Hidesato. It is part of the otogi-zōshi genre of tales dating to the Edo Period or earlier. Some of the fabulous accounts are also told in the military pseudo-chronicle, Taiheiki (14th century).
  He used bow and arrow to kill a giant centipede (mukade) which wrapped around a mountain near Lake Biwa, fulfilling  
  the request of a serpent at a bridge, which turned out to be a court lady (or Dragon King) from the underwater Ryūgū-jō (龍宮城) "Dragon Palace". The hero was entertained at the palace and received rewards including armor and sword, and an inexhaustible bag of rice.
  "My Lord Bag-O'-Rice"  is English-translated title of Basil Hall Chamberlain's retelling, published as a fairy tale (1887). This was later followed by Yei Theodora Ozaki's translation "My Lord Bag of Rice" (1903) based on Iwaya Sazanami's retelling.
caption: ―Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1845, Tokaidō gojūsantsui: Kusatsu
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