
In the Conquest of Ōshū Province, Lord Minamoto Yoritomo Captures the Fortress of Takadachi (Minamoto Yoritomo kō Ōshū seibatsu Takadachi no shojō o kōraku su)
源頼朝公奥州征伐高館之城所を攻落す
- Date:
- 1868
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print (nishiki-e), ōban triptych
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Description
A large black paddle-wheel ship with three masts and furled sails dominates the foreground, crowded with armored figures and flying banners bearing red and blue crests alongside a white sun disk flag; a red flag with a stylized crest hangs from the bowsprit at left, and smaller boats with pennants float nearby on the water. Behind the ship stretches a panoramic green coastal landscape dotted with numerous red and yellow vertical text-labels marking place names, layered hills fading into a pink-to-dark-blue gradient sky at the horizon. The composition spans three ōban sheets in a continuous horizontal view, with title cartouches and columns of Japanese text in the upper right and left corners identifying the scene.
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Color woodblock print (nishiki-e), ōban triptych
Frequently Asked Questions
In the Conquest of Ōshū Province, Lord Minamoto Yoritomo Captures the Fortress of Takadachi (Minamoto Yoritomo kō Ōshū seibatsu Takadachi no shojō o kōraku su) (源頼朝公奥州征伐高館之城所を攻落す) was created by Utagawa Kuniteru II (二代歌川国輝) in 1868.