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

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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. To defend themselves YoshiProvenanceJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

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