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==The slaying of the Nue== [[File:Yoshitoshi Killing of a Nue.jpg|thumb|220px|From the [[Shinkei Sanjūrokkaisen]]: ''Ino Hayata and the Nue'' (猪早太と鵺) by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]]]] The ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'' and the ''[[Settsu Meisho Zue]]'' from the [[Settsu Province]], tell the following tale of the killing of the Nue: In the closing years of the [[Heian period]], at the place where the [[Emperor of Japan|emperor]] ([[Emperor Konoe]]) lived, the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace#Seiry.C5.8D-den|Seiryō-den]], there appeared a cloud of black smoke along with an eerie resounding crying voice, making Emperor Nijō quite afraid. Subsequently, the emperor fell into illness, and neither medicine nor prayers had any effect. A close associate remembered [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]] using an arrow to put a stop to the mystery case of some bird's cry, and he gave the order to a master of arrows, [[Minamoto no Yorimasa]], to slay the monster. One night, Yorimasa went out to slay the monster with his servant [[Ino Hayata]] (written as 猪早太 or 井早太<ref>{{Cite book|author=梶原正昭・山下宏明校注|title=平家物語 上|year=1991|publisher=岩波書店|series=新日本古典文学大系|isbn=978-4-00-240044-0|pages=256頁}}</ref>), and an arrow made from an arrowhead he had inherited from his ancestor [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]] and the tailfeathers of a mountain bird. An uncanny black smoke started to cover the Seiryō-den. Yorimasa shot his arrow into it, there was a shriek, and a nue fell down around the northern parts of [[Nijō Castle]]. Instantly Ino Hayata seized it and finished it off.<ref name="koube"/><ref name="tada">{{Cite book|first=克己|last=多田|title=幻想世界の住人たち IV 日本編|year=1990|publisher=新紀元社|series=Truth in fantasy|isbn=978-4-915146-44-2|pages=319–323頁}}</ref> In the skies above the imperial court, two or three cries of the [[common cuckoo]] could be heard, and it is thus said that peace had returned.<ref name="koube">{{Cite book|author=田辺眞人|title=神戸の伝説|year=1998|publisher=神戸新聞総合出版センター|isbn=978-4-87521-076-4|pages=88–89頁}}</ref> After this, the emperor's health instantly recovered,<ref name="walker">{{Cite book|author=村上健司|title=妖怪ウォーカー|year=2002|publisher=角川書店|series=Kwai books|isbn=978-4-04-883760-6|pages=64–76頁}}</ref> and Yorimasa was given the sword ''[[Shishiō]]'' as a reward.
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