Minamoto no Yoritomo Ishibashiyama hata age kassen

Description Following victory in battle at Ishibashiyama (1180), three Heike generals are in pursuit of the Genji forces. One of the three, Kagetoki (center), is a turncoat. He convinces his commanders that the enemy is not in this spot by pointing at the two wood doves he has scared out of the hollow of a giant tree. In fact, the Genji commander Yoritomo and his men are hiding in the tree.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga; [Date Seal] U hachi; [Date Seal Translation] Hare 8 (07-08/1855)

Credit Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990