Ushiwakamaru Learns Martial Arts from Sōjōbō
Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
(Japanese, 1839–1892)
Date12th month 1865
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper; oban triptych
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAlexander H. Bullock Fund
Object number2002.218
Label Text2003-04-03: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-92)
Ushiwakamaru Learns Military Arts from Sojobo
1865, twelfth month
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; oban triptych
Alexander H. Bullock Fund, 2002.218
The youngest son of Yoshitomo and Tokiwa-Gozen, had the childhood name Ushiwaka(maru) or "Young Ox." At age six, he was sent to the monastery Kurama-dera north of Kyoto by Taira Kiyomori-the warrior who had ordered the death of Ushiwaka's father's and had taken Ushiwaka's mother as mistress. Expected to serve as a page to the abbot, Ushiwaka was more interested in becoming a samurai and to restore the honor of the Minamoto-clan. He therefore slipped out of the monastery at night to improve his swordsmanship in Sojo-ga-tani Ravine on Mount Kurama.
According to legend, Ushiwaka's progress was facilitated and sProvenanceThe Katie and Scott McDonald Collection, Rochester, NYOn View
Not on view
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
October 4, 1877
