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Diptych: Race Across the Uji River
(Japan and Korea )
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.
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Provenance
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
each panel: 14 7/8 x 10 3/16 in. (37.78 x 25.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986
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.
95.181