1770／Color on paper, three handscrolls
1st scroll: 46.5 x 1920.6 cm, 2nd scroll: 46.5 x 1486.5 cm, 3rd scroll: 46.5 x 1580.8 cm
SUMMARY
The Later Three Years’ War, which arose from conflict amongst the blood relatives of the Kiyohara clan in Ou and lasted five years beginning in 1083, played a role in raising the military fame of Minamoto no Yoshiie, the governor of Mutsu Province who fought the powerful Kiyohara family. The war also became the basis for the prosperity of the Northern Fujiwara. Picture Scrolls of the Later Three Years’ War is a masterpiece among senki emaki (illustrated scrolls of war). It was originally passed down as a treasure of the Ikeda clan in Harima Province, and is now owned by the Tokyo National Museum. This piece is a copy of the original. The scene of this especially gruesome battle pulls the viewer in.
ARTIST
Gen Ki
1747-1797
Born in Kyoto. His real family name was Komai, given name Ki. His nickname was Yukinosuke. Studied under Maruyama Okyo and mastered the secrets of his technique. He was particularly skilled at painting beautiful Chinese women, which were coupled with the beautiful Japanese women painted by his fellow pupil Yamaguchi Soken. His use of color was especially excellent, and he and Nagasawa Rosetsu were called “the two sages of the Okyo school”. After Okyo’s death, he assisted Okyo’s eldest son Ozui, protecting and growing the Maruyama school. He distinguished himself in the graceful picturesqueness inherited directly from Okyo’s style of painting. He was counted as one of the Okyo school’s “ten sages”, along with Soken, Rosetsu, Mori Tetsuzan, and Gessen. He died at 51.
List of artworks by the same artist
INFORMATION
Friday, October 8 - Sunday, November 14, 2021
From the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection: “THIS IS JAPAN” Eternal Japanese Art Oita Art Museum (Oita, Japan)
Sunday, August 25 - Sunday, September 29, 2019
This Is Japan In Kyoto From The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
Saturday, March 24 - Sunday, May 27, 2018
OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)
Thursday, June 19 - Sunday, August 24, 2008
Eternal Treasures of Japan: The Art of the Samurai National Museum of the Cultural Complex of the Republic (Brasilia, Brazil)
Wednesday, September 17 - Sunday, October 19, 1997
Treasures of Japanese Art in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Amity of Japan and Chile National Museum of Chile (Santiago, Chile)
Wednesday, September 26 - Sunday, December 9, 1990
Treasures of Japanese Art National Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Stockholm, Sweden)
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