EditorialScene from the Battle of Yashima from the Tale of the?Heike, late 17thearly 18th?century, Six-panel folding screen: ink, color, and gold pigments and flakes on paper, unframed: 37 7/16 ? 111 1/4 in. (95.1 ? 282.6?cm), This screen panel depicts the penu...
EditorialNasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori, Nasu no Yoichi; Atsumori and Naozane., Adachi, Ginko, active 1870-1900, artist, 1885., 2 prints (1 sheet) : woodcut, color ; 36 x 24.2 cm., Top shows Japanese warrior Nasu no Yoichi seated on a horse; he is holding a...
EditorialNasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori, Nasu no Yoichi; Atsumori and Naozane., Adachi, Ginko, active 1870-1900, artist, 1885., 2 prints (1 sheet) : woodcut, color ; 36 x 24.2 cm., Top shows Japanese warrior Nasu no Yoichi seated on a horse; he is holding a...
EditorialBattle scenes from the Tale of Heike (Heike Monogatari). Date/Period: Early 17th century. Decorative Arts. Pair of six-panel screens, colour and gold on paper. Height: 155 mm (6.10 in); Width: 357 mm (14.05 in).
EditorialThe Utter Defeat of the Taira Clan in the Great Genpei War at Akama Bay in Nagato Province (Nagato no Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ogassen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu). Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1779-1861. Date: 1840-1850. Dimensions: . Colo...
EditorialThe Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?). Katsukawa Shunsen; Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 31.2 x...
EditorialThe Actor Yoshizawa Ayame II as Hotoke Gozen in the play "Onna Monji Heike Monogatari," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1748. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1748. Dimensions: 12 x 5 1/2 in. Color woodbloc...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Katanaya Hanshichi in the Play Heike Hyobanki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 32.3 x 13.8 cm (12 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.). Co...