Title
(Loyal retainer Tadanobu), from the series The vicissitudes of the Minamoto and Taira clans
1885
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Genpei seisui ki: Jû-san
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 1885
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.2 x 24.3 cm image; 37.1 x 25.3 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Yôshû Chikanobu hitsû [and artist's seal]".
Not dated.- Credit
- Gift of Dr Roderick Bain 1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 159.1997
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Toyohara (Yōshū) Chikanobu
Works in the collection
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About
Produced in the mid to late 19th century, the period often referred to as the 'decadent' period of ukiyo-e; the subject matter reflect the feeling of unrest in Japan when the Shogunate Government was losing its grip on the rising powers of merchants & progressive regions. The subtlety of the pleasure seeking 'floating world' of earlier times gave way to depictions of emotional drama or violence taken from historical battles, stories of heroic deeds & the kabuki theatre.
Text inscription in work: 'Satô Shirô Hyôe Tadanobu put on (his master Yoshitsune's) sword and armour, and took on the scores of approaching temple soldiers of Yoshino. He ran up the five-story pagoda and jumped off at the back of the pagoda. One Rokusen of Yokokawa, a soldier monk reknowned for his strength, also jumped off and chased him. Tadanobu fought Rokusen, killed him, then followed his master to the Capital.'
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Heroes and Villains, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 May 2001–19 Aug 2001
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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AJIOKA Chiaki (Curator), Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 6 (colour illus.). cat.no. 1.6
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