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Artist:
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Kiyochika Kobayashi
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Title:
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Taira no Tadamori Captures the Priest of MidÅ Temple
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Date:
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c. 1883-1884
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Medium:
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Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
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Dimensions:
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13 5/8 Ã 28 1/8 in. (34.61 Ã 71.44 cm) (sight, Åban triptych)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture; formerly given to the Center by Dr Vincent Covello and his wife Carol Mandel
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Location:
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Gallery 266-G274
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The warrior Taira Tadamori (1096â1153) was serving the retired emperor Shirakawa (1053â1129) when, one rainy night, they set out to visit a favorite concubine in the Gion district of Kyoto. On the way, a ghost-like figure appeared among the trees of a shrine. Tadamori went to subdue the beast but discovered that in fact it was an old priest with a small torch and a pot of oil, replenishing the lanterns. The emperor rewarded Tadamori's courage by granting him his concubine.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Kobayashi, Kiyochika
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Nationality:
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Japanese
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Life Dates:
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Japanese, 1847 - 1915
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature
LL on sheet a: [Hoensha Kiyochika hitsu] [Kobayashi] LL on sheet a: [Hoensha Kiyochika hitsu] [Kobayashi]
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Classification:
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Prints
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Physical Description:
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three sheets matted and framed together in dark wood frame; green/beige border around outside of all three when placed together; night scene in a forest; a: left sheet: warrior wearing green top and purple bottom with hands up as if to defend self; b: center sheet: old figure wearing dark torn garment holding oil lantern and flame; c: right sheet: large tree in foreground and lanterns receeding in background
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Accession #:
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2013.29.1206a-c
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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