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Source Description
The beautiful and courageous Tomoe Gozen triumphantly rears back on her horse after severing the head of her enemy Morishige. As the warrior-mistress of the Genji leader Yoshinaka, she had fought many battles at his side, but this one, at Uji River (1184), was to be her last. It is said that following Yoshinaka's death Tomoe became a nun.
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Document identity
localId
40014
label
Gempei seisuki
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40014
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Gempei seisuki
description
The beautiful and courageous Tomoe Gozen triumphantly rears back on her horse after severing the head of her enemy Morishige. As the warrior-mistress of the Genji leader Yoshinaka, she had fought many battles at his side, but this one, at Uji River (1184), was to be her last. It is said that following Yoshinaka's death Tomoe became a nun.
provenance
Mr. Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
1885 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.8
height
24.9
dimensionsRaw
14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. (36.83 x 24.92 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Yoshu Chikanobu
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
5722
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
3191
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
6a4ad7d3ed0ff3e4