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Source Description
At the great sea battle of Dan-no-ura (1185), the Heike commander Tomomori, realizing all is lost, ties himself to an anchor, preferring death by drowning to capture by the triumphant Genji forces. With his retainer and mistress he watches as one by one the Heike warriors leap into the sea, sinking rapidly in their full armor. It is said that at this spot the spirits of dead Heike warriors inhabit the crabs; on dark nights thousands of ghostly fires hover about the beach, and sounds of battle come from the sea. In fact, it is the haunted Dan-no-ura that Kuniyoshi depicts in this triptych.
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Document identity
localId
1545
label
Dan-no-ura tataki no zu
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
1545
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Dan-no-ura tataki no zu
description
At the great sea battle of Dan-no-ura (1185), the Heike commander Tomomori, realizing all is lost, ties himself to an anchor, preferring death by drowning to capture by the triumphant Genji forces. With his retainer and mistress he watches as one by one the Heike warriors leap into the sea, sinking rapidly in their full armor. It is said that at this spot the spirits of dead Heike warriors inhabit the crabs; on dark nights thousands of ghostly fires hover about the beach, and sounds of battle come from the sea. In fact, it is the haunted Dan-no-ura that Kuniyoshi depicts in this triptych.
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
ca. 1844 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
triptychs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37.9
height
26
dimensionsRaw
each panel: 14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in. (37.94 x 26.04 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14980
5546
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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3803b2db270ccd51