Details

Subject(s)

• Japan—History—Gempei Wars, 1180-1185—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Japanese—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Artist

Asakura Juken [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illuminated manuscripts [Browse]
• illuminations (paintings) [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Summary note

Three scrolls produced in a workshop in Kyoto, ca. 1660-70. They were privately commissioned, probably by a local warlord of the Daimyo class. The calligrapher was probably Asakura Jūken. The models for the paintings were Japanese block-printed books. The accompanying text is by an unknown author. The narrative begins with the building of a bridge across the Sagami River and includes scenes from the Heike period featuring Yoshitsune, Yoritomo, Kajiwara, and the battle of Ichinotani.

Notes

• Ms. rolls.
• Decoration: 18 paintings on multiple sheets. Roll 1 contains pictures 1-5; roll 2 pictures 6-9; roll 3 pictures 10-18. Each roll is made up of multiple 3-foot sheets.

Binding note

Unbound. Housed in a contemporary laquered box.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

Japan

Other title(s)

• Scrolls illustrating a story about the Sagami River
• Sagami-kawa
• Sagamigawa
• Ballad Sagamigawa

OCLC

1340424697

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