Estampe japonaise "Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna on Iketsuki" par Katsukawa Shunsho
Artiste :Katsukawa Shunsho
Titre :Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna on Iketsuki
Date :about 1773
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Source :Worcester Art Museum
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Description :
To defend themselves Yoshinaka's troops destroyed bridges and entrenched themselves behind the Uji River outside Kyoto. The river had flooded as the snow of the mountains was melting in late February 1184. Two rival warriors volunteered to cross the wide, swift current and Yoshitsune lent them powerful horses. Sasaki Takatsuna, identified by his 'four-eye crest' (shi-tsume), was to ride the large, wild Iketsuki, "Natural Biter." Kajiwara Kagesue, identified by his crest of two hawk feather arrow ends (taka-no-ha), would ride the stout, black Surusumi, "Inkstick" [left and right]. The mid-nineteenth century artist Kuniyoshi, who feared government-censorship prohibiting the depiction of many famous heroes, used a substitute crest for Takatsuna [center] and blurred that of Kagesue. The two warriors set o