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Dan-no-ura tataki no zu
(Japan and Korea )
At the great sea battle of Dan-no-ura (1185), the Heike commander Tomomori, realizing all is lost, ties himself to an anchor, preferring death by drowning to capture by the triumphant Genji forces. With his retainer and mistress he watches as one by one the Heike warriors leap into the sea, sinking rapidly in their full armor. It is said that at this spot the spirits of dead Heike warriors inhabit the crabs; on dark nights thousands of ghostly fires hover about the beach, and sounds of battle come from the sea. In fact, it is the haunted Dan-no-ura that Kuniyoshi depicts in this triptych.
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Provenance
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Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
each panel: 14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in. (37.94 x 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.330