Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 110682
Kuro Hogan Minamoto no Yoshitsune at Mure Takamatsu
- Artist / 作者
- Torii Kiyohiro鳥居清廣
- Date / 年代
- 1750-1760
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1570 × 2000 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 小春ユイ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
This Japanese woodblock print by Torii Kiyohiro of about 1760 is entitled <i>Kuro Hogan Minamoto no Yoshitsune at Mure Takamatsu</i>. Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189) can be seen carrying the traditional weaponry of the Kamakura period (1185-1333) warrior: a tiger fur-wrapped sword (<i>tachi</i>); a bow and a quiver of arrows on his back; and a guardless ‘waist-sword’ (<i>koshigatana</i>) at his left side. This scene depicts an event just before the battle of Yashima in 1185, which preceded the final battle between the Taira and Minamoto clans at Dannoura. Minamoto no Yoshitsune was one of the major figures in the Taira-Minamoto Wars of 1180-1185. He has been immortalized in legend as Japan'…
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