Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 100359

Shibata Katsuie

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Yoshikazu歌川芳員
Date / 年代: 1856
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 1359 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

In this print, which belongs to a series of prints of around 1860 called ‘Famous men of Japan’, Ichikawa depicts Shibata Katsuie. Katsuie was the most important captain of the warlord Oda Nobunaga. He fought bravely against various regional warlords during Nobunaga’s countrywide military campaigns, and helped defeat the militant Buddhist Jodo Shin sect. From 1575 he was governor of Echizen Province (now part of Fukui Prefecture). During the struggle for power after Nobunaga's death in 1582, Katsuie and his troops were defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Battle of Shizugatake on 11 June 1583 and three days later he committed suicide. The devotion to his lord and display of self-sacrifice t…

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