Kajiwara Genda Kagesue on Surusumi
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
(Japanese, 1726?–1792)
Dateabout 1773
Mediumwoodblock print with ink and color on paper
Dimensions26.3 x 19 cm (Chuban)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.290
Label TextKatsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-92)
Kajiwara Genda Kagesue on Surusumi
About 1773
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; chuban
John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.290
In 1183, after years of Taira dominance, Kiso Minamoto Yoshinaka (1154-84) suddenly seized Kyoto. At first hailed as a great liberator, Yoshinaka soon abused his power: he drove the Taira clan and the little boy Emperor Antoku westward, quarreled with the retired emperor Go-Shirakawa, let his troops terrorize the capital and declared himself the head of the Minamoto clan. Minamoto Yoritomo, who had been biding his time in Kamakura, then sent his half-brothers-Noriyori arriving from Omi province with 35,000 men and Yoshitsune from Ise province with 25,000 men-to suppress his tyrannical cousin Yoshinaka.
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Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
February, 1776
