depictions; men (male humans); warriors; boats; robes (main garments); hats
Back to back print. In 1331, the Hojo clan exiled the Emperor Go-Daigo to Oki Island. In 1333 Go-Daigo escaped Oki in a fishing boat, landing eventually in Katami. Its lord, Nawa-no-Nagashige, was an adherent to the Imperial cause, who cordially...
depictions; men (male humans); taiko; warriors; spears (weapons); swords
Yoshitoshi depicts a real character: Oishi Kuranosuke--chief of the famous forty-seven ronin of Ako--about to lead the night attack on Lord Kira's mansion. Yoshitoshi probably included Kuranosuke in this series of the 24 Accomplishments in Imperial...
Sata Tadanobu, katana drawn, leaps through the air in a snowy landscape. Panels of his armor and the cords binding them fly about him, and he has a bunch of arrows lashed to his back.
depictions; men (male humans); women; children (people by age group); kimonos; interior spaces; fude; artists' brushes
A man with a handlebar mustache kneels on a red rug drawing irises on paper with an ink brush. A woman holding a towel and wearing a half-dozen hairsticks in her elaborate coiffure stands beside him. A small child sits at her feet stirring...
The warrior Kato Kiyomasa stands looking back at the burning Fushimi castle. He is dressed in full armor, with a naginata in his hand; beside him his horse, which he holds by the cheek strap of the bridle, moves restively. Behind him a pine tree is...
