| Firstly the Picture Scroll uses "天" (meaning sky, heaven) instead of "呑" (meaning drink) for his name Shuten Doji (酒呑童子); secondly it describes him as a kind of a powerful local figure or a fierce god. |
まず綴りが酒「天」童子であり、童子は一種の土着の有力者・鬼神のように描かれていることがうかがえる。 |