The Great Sea Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Yashima Dan-no-ura (Yashima Dan-no-ura kaijō Genpei ōgassen zu 八島檀浦海上源平大合戦之図)
The Great Sea Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Yashima Dan-no-ura (Yashima Dan-no-ura kaijō Genpei ōgassen zu 八島檀浦海上源平大合戦之図)

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The Great Sea Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Yashima Dan-no-ura (Yashima Dan-no-ura kaijō Genpei ōgassen zu 八島檀浦海上源平大合戦之図),

1862 [Bunkyū 2], 8th month

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, active ca. 1836–1887

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1959-74

Information

Title
The Great Sea Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Yashima Dan-no-ura (Yashima Dan-no-ura kaijō Genpei ōgassen zu 八島檀浦海上源平大合戦之図)
Dates

1862 [Bunkyū 2], 8th month

Maker
Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎
Medium

Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

block: 36.4 x 25 cm
sheet: 37.1 x 25.1 cm
mount: 50.2 x 31.8 cm

Credit Line

Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908

Object Number
x1959-74
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban
Materials
ink, paper, oban, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
warriors, battles, waves (natural events), figures (representations), men, boats

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