Dan-no-ura tataki no zu

ca. 1844 (late Edo)

26 cm 37.9 cm

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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...

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Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
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Utagawa School
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