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FP 2 - JPD,
no. 629
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi,
1798-1861,
artist.
The warrior saga Gorō Mitsutoki.
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Saga gorō mitsutoki
[graphic].
[between 1844 and 1848]
1 print :
woodcut, color ;
35.3 x 24.3 cm.
Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the battle of Dannoura.
Caption label from exhibit Art in Action--Long Tradition: War Stories. Across time and regional boundaries, art has been used to alternately vilify and glorify. Utagawa Kuniyoshi was among Japanese artists known for dramatic musha-e or warrior pictures. Here, he depicts samurai Saga Gorō Mitsutoki delivering a report to his emperor during the Battle of Dannoura, though wounded by multiple enemy arrows.
Restricted access; material extremely fragile;
please use online digital image.
No known restrictions on publication.
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
Format: left panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Art in Action : Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., January 31 - August 17, 2019.
Warriors
Japan
1180-1190.
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Armor
1180-1190.
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Naval warfare
Japan
1180-1190.
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Dannoura, Battle of, Japan, 1185.
Japan
History
Gempei Wars, 1180-1185
Campaigns & battles.
Ukiyo-e
Japanese
1840-1850.
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Woodcuts
Japanese
Color
1840-1850.
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Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
digital file from original print
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00672
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