Kozuka with Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwara Kagesue Crosssing the Uji River

1731-1787 (Edo) 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

Kajiwara Kagesue and Sasaki Takatsuna were two soldiers in Minamoto no Yoshitsune's army fighting against Kiso no Yoshinaka at the Battle of Uji in 1184. Yoshitsune gave them the two best horses available and asked them to try to ford the river to establish a place where the r...

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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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