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ContributorsUtagawa Yoshikazu (Artist) / 歌川 芳員 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1858
Description
This ōban triptych depicts Minamoto Yoshitsune 源 義經 (center left) and his retainers after their victory over the troops of Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the battle of Hōjūjidono in 1184. The warrior monk Musashibō Benkei 武藏坊 辨慶 sits to the right of Yoshitsune. In the lower-right corner lie the decapitated heads of Nenoi Ōyata 根井 大弥太 and Gonrokurō 権六郎.
ContributorsKatsushika Hokui (Artist) / 葛飾 北為 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1847 to 1850
Description
This triptych shows the flight of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and his men (including the warrior-monk, Benkei) from the wrath of Minamoto no Yoritomo. As they cross Daimotsu Bay, the grotesque ghosts of Taira samurai, who had drowned in the sea battle of Dan-no-ura, rise from the sea. Led by the general Taira no Tomomori, they attack Yoshitsune’s ship.
ContributorsTsukioka Yoshitoshi (Artist) / 月岡 芳年 (Artist) / Gusokuya (Publisher) / 具足屋 (Publisher) / Watanabe Horiei (Contributor) / 渡辺 彫栄 (Contributor)
Created1874
DescriptionThe subject of this ōban newspaper nishiki-e is Enomoto Kamajirō Takeaki, a Tokugawa loyalist admiral who became a high-ranking official in the Meiji government after the Tokugawa defeat.