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Kumasaka's Night Attack on Ushiwaka-maru at Akasaka Post-station in Mino Province (Kumasaka youchi no zu)
1860, 1st month
2010.224A-C
Not currently on view
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14-7/16 x 9-11/16 in. (each)
PeriodSigned by artist: Yoshitora ga Publisher's mark reads: Bakuro 4, Kiya-ban Engraver's mark: Hori Kane Censor's seal: combined aratame and date seal Inscribed (figures are identified with labels): A) Inscribed in pencil, verso, l.r.: 12434 (3/3) B) Inscribed in pencil, verso, l.c.: 12434 (2/3) C) Inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l.: 12434 (1/3)
Accession NumberPurchased with funds provided by Timothy and Joanne Garrigus
Copyright(Jerry Vegder, Prints of Japan, Port Townsend, Washington); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2010.
美濃国赤坂宿熊坂夜討之図
This is a fictional episode in the life of the popular tragic hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1189). While still known by his childhood name of Ushiwaka, he left Kurama Temple outside of Kyoto, where he was supposed to train for the priesthood. He joined the armed caravan of a wealthy gold merchant, Kinbai Kichiji, who was traveling to Mutsu in northern Japan. The notorious bandit Kumasaka Chōhan planned to rob Kichiji. With his large band of outlaws he attacked the inn where the merchant’s men had stopped for the night. Owing to the swordsmanship skills of Ushiwaka, the attackers were repulsed, and the outlaw chieftain and dozens of his henchmen were slain.
One of the attackers holds a lantern that illuminates Ushiwaka and Kumasaka. The flailing bodies and turbulent melee attest to the ferocity of the fight.
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