「浮世画類考之内 慶長五年之項」

This entry from the Ukiyo-e Ruikō no Uchi series corresponds to Keichō 5 (1600), the year of the Battle of Sekigahara that established Tokugawa Ieyasu's supremacy and set the conditions for the long Edo peace under which ukiyo-e would flourish. The print likely depicts figures associated with that decisive moment, rendered in polychrome woodblock with attention to period costume and military equipment. Kiyochika uses the Ukiyo-e Ruikō series to construct a visual genealogy of the conditions that produced the woodblock print tradition, framing Sekigahara as a founding event. The composition would draw on established warrior print conventions while reflecting Kiyochika's individual approach to historical subject matter.