The Battle of Mikusa-yama: Yoshitsune Successfully Attacks the Taira Camp at Night

Artist Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Date1834–1835

Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper; horizontal oban

Dimensions22.2 x 34.6 cm (8 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

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Object number1901.1014

Label TextUtagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) The Battle of Mikusa-yama: Yoshitsune Successfully Attacks the Taira Camp at Night About 1834-35 Series: "An Illustrated Biography of Yoshitsune" Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; horizontal oban John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.1014 Following their expulsion from Kyoto, the Taira clan used a strip along the coast of Settsu province [west of Kobe] as a base to guard the approach to western Japan and await a chance to recapture the capital. The Minamoto-clan brothers Yoshitsune and Noriyori set out to destroy the stronghold in mid March 1184: Noriyori headed towards the eastern Ikuta-no-mori fortress while Yoshitsune headed southwards over the mountains towards Ichi-no-tani fortress. On his way, Yoshitsune wiped out the Taira defensive outpost at MProvenanceJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

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