Diptych: Race Across the Uji River

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Mounting strong horses, the rival Genji generals Sasaki Takatsuna (left) and Kajiwara Kagesue (right) race each other across the Uji River. Takatsuna gains the lead by trickery-he causes Kagesue to stop by calling out, "Your saddle girth is loose!" The two have been sent by their commander Yoshitsune, who was engaged in 1184 in quelling the rebellious forces of Yoshinaka, his first cousin.

Provenance Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.

Inscriptions [Signature] Gototei Kunisada ga

Credit Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986

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Creators

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864) (Artist)
Kawaguchiya Uhei (Publisher)

Period

ca. 1820 (late Edo)

Medium

mulberry paper, pigments
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.181

Measurements

each panel: 14 7/8 x 10 3/16 in. (37.78 x 25.88 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View