Nasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Nasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Nasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori
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Kumagai Naozane and the young Taira warrior Atsumori are the focus of this print, with Nasu no Yoichi, the archer who shot a fan from a pole at Yashima, named alongside them in the title. The sheet comes from *Dainihonshi ryaku zue*, or *Abbreviated Pictures of the History of Japan*, a series issued in 1885 that retold older warrior tales in compact color woodcuts. Atsumori's death at Ichi-no-tani in 1184, and Naozane's later vow to become a monk, made this encounter one of the most remembered episodes of the *Heike monogatari*.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 prints (1 sheet) : woodcut, color ; 36 x 24.2 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Dainihonshi ryaku zue : Abbreviated pictures of the history of Japan. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie. Two images of horizontal chuban, cut marks evident on sheet. DLC Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 27, p. 59. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Heike monogatari Illustrations--1880-1890. Warriors--Japan--1880-1890. Campaigns & battles--Japan--1880-1890. War--Japan--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,660 × 4,507 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221926 |
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