Number
#12

Date
01/1886

Title (Kanji)

Title (Rōmaji)

Description
In 1185, the rivalry between the Minamoto (Genji) and Taira (Heike) clans was settled definatively in favor of the Minamoto at the naval battle of Dannoura. Minamoto no Yoshitsune was then set upon by his elder brother, Yoritomo in an internal battle for control of the county. Here, the hero Musashibō Benkei, follower of Yoshitsune, rides a boat during a violent storm. The legend is that the ghosts of defeated Heike warriors appeared, carrying out revenge upon the fleeing forces of Yoshitsune.

Additional information

Year Published

1886

Size

Ōban

Signed

Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi giga

Seals

Taiso, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi no in

Subjects

Boats, Men, Moon, Ocean/Sea, Waves

Editions

First

Publisher

Akiyama Buemon

Block Carvers

Esen, Naoyama, Nigouchi Enkatsu, Unknown, Yamamoto, Yoshihisa