Loyalty: Kusunoki Masashige

Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (Japanese, 1839–1892)

Date1878

Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineAlexander H. Bullock Fund

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Object number2002.134

Label Text2003-04-03: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-92) Loyalty: Kusunoki Masashige Series: "Eight Honorable Ways of Conduct" Registered January 10, 1878 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical oban Alexander H. Bullock Fund, 2002.134 Out of loyalty to the exiled Emperor Go-Daigo, the brilliant tactician Kusunoki Masashige (d.1336) fought guerrilla campaigns against the regent Hojo Takatoki. His valiant efforts inspired the emperor to escape in 1333. The generals Ashikaga Takauji (1305-58) and Nitta Yoshisada (1301-38) also joined the imperial cause, the latter forcing the regent to commit seppuku. Go-Daigo's ensuing "Kemmu Restoration" (1333-36) ended the Kamakura era but it also resulted in tragedy. The ambitious Takauji rebelled against Go-Daigo and marched towards Kyoto with troops. Yoshisada, hoping ProvenanceThe Katie and Scott McDonald Collection, Rochester, NY

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