Kitashirakawa Iwabuchi Tankai in Combat with Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) Before the Tenjin Temple at Gojo in Kyoto.
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
The youthful Minamoto no Yoshitsune (here called Ushiwakamaru) faces a swordsman associated with Kitashirakawa's Iwabuchi Tankai before the Tenjin shrine at Gojo in Kyoto, a variation on the famous Gojo Bridge encounter set near Shinto sacred ground. Kuniyoshi depicts the shrine gateway and sacred trees framing the combat, the religious setting lending the encounter a gravity beyond ordinary swordsmanship. The Gojo bridge-area fights were a cluster of legendary moments from Yoshitsune's youth that Kuniyoshi illustrated repeatedly with compositional variations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kitashirakawa Iwabuchi Tankai in Combat with Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) Before the Tenjin Temple at Gojo in Kyoto. was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳).
Kitashirakawa Iwabuchi Tankai in Combat with Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) Before the Tenjin Temple at Gojo in Kyoto. depicts temples & shrines and warriors, set at Kyoto.