gempei wars

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Mukan no tayū atsumori - Public domain  drawing

Mukan no tayū atsumori - Public domain drawing

Print shows the samurai Ikuta Atsumori on horseback in water. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Possibly the... More

Shigemasa Kitao - Ujigawa no senjin arasoi sasaki takatsuna

Shigemasa Kitao - Ujigawa no senjin arasoi sasaki takatsuna

Print shows the warrior Sasaki no Takatsuna on horseback just offshore shooting an arrow during the Battle of the Uji River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Iwai shijyaku no mukan no tayū atsumori

Iwai shijyaku no mukan no tayū atsumori

Print shows Iwai Shijaku, an actor, portraying the warrior Taira no Atsumori riding on horseback through crashing waves to escape the Minamoto warriors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the ... More

[Musha]taira no tomomori - Public domain  drawing

[Musha]taira no tomomori - Public domain drawing

Print shows the ghost of Taira no Tomomori crashing through waves to avenge the Taira naval defeat by the Minamoto forces during the Genpei War. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Public domain  drawing

Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a Musashibo Benkei praying to appease the gods and calm the rough seas so that his ship may cross Daimotsu Bay safely. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A painting of a group of people on horseback

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A painting of a group of people on horseb...

Print shows the chaos of a surprise night attack by the Minamoto clan against the Taira clan at the Kurikara Pass; using deceit to inflate their numbers and oxen with torches tied to their horns driven into the... More

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A picture of a man riding a horse

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A picture of a man riding a horse

Print shows the chaos of a surprise night attack by the Minamoto clan against the Taira clan at the Kurikara Pass; using deceit to inflate their numbers and oxen with torches tied to their horns driven into the... More

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A painting of a group of men on horseback

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A painting of a group of men on horseback

Print shows the chaos of a surprise night attack by the Minamoto clan against the Taira clan at the Kurikara Pass; using deceit to inflate their numbers and oxen with torches tied to their horns driven into the... More

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A painting of a man riding a horse in a forest

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A painting of a man riding a horse in a f...

Print shows the chaos of a surprise night attack by the Minamoto clan against the Taira clan at the Kurikara Pass; using deceit to inflate their numbers and oxen with torches tied to their horns driven into the... More

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yoshitsune and a small group of Minamato troops in a surprise assault on the Taira forces at Yashima, causing them to retreat to their naval forces waiting offshore. Title and other descriptive info... More

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yoshitsune and a small group of Minamato troops in a surprise assault on the Taira forces at Yashima, causing them to retreat to their naval forces waiting offshore. Title and other descriptive info... More

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yoshitsune and a small group of Minamato troops in a surprise assault on the Taira forces at Yashima, causing them to retreat to their naval forces waiting offshore. Title and other descriptive info... More

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Yashima dannoura kassen, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yoshitsune and a small group of Minamato troops in a surprise assault on the Taira forces at Yashima, causing them to retreat to their naval forces waiting offshore. Title and other descriptive info... More

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain image related to music p...

Print shows a battle scene involving mostly cavalry with some hand-to-hand combat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2... More

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain  drawing

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a battle scene involving mostly cavalry with some hand-to-hand combat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2... More

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain scan of drawing

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows a battle scene involving mostly cavalry with some hand-to-hand combat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2... More