Sen Taiheiki gigokuden

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Taira Masakado (901-940), an evil usurper of the throne, charges into battle surrounded by look-alike decoys. Masakado used magic to create ghostly doubles of himself, making it difficult for his enemies to find him on the battlefield. He was finally killed by a warrior who crept into his camp at night and felt the wrists of all the sleeping Masakados until he found one with a pulse.

Exhibitions

Japanese Woodblock Prints: The Art of Collaboration. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018-2019.

Provenance Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] On print: Oju Toyohara Kunichika hitsu

Credit Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990

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Creators

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900) (Artist)
Shono Eizo (Publisher)

Period

1890 (Meiji)

Medium

mulberry paper, pigments
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.339

Measurements

All three pieces H: 13 7/8 x W: 28 9/16 in. (35.2 x 72.6 cm); Each piece H: 13 7/8 x W: 9 11/16 in. (35.2 x 24.6 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View