The Portland Art Museum Collection
The Portland Art Museum Samurai Collection
http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record%3Bid%3D56885%3Btype%3D101
Title
The Competition to be First at Uji River
Artist
Utagawa Toyonobu (Japanese, died 1886)
Date
1884
Medium
triptych; color woodblock print on paper (nishiki-e)
Dimensions (H x W x D)
each sheet: 14 in x 9 1/2 in
The Portland Art Museum【the same】
Utagawa Toyonobu (Japanese, died 1886), The Competition to be First at Uji River, 1884, triptych; color woodblock print on paper
Utagawa Toyonobu (歌川豊信)
Title
Troops Charging through the Ujigawa River
Japanese yen ￥1,150,000 (tax not included)
Russia pushkin museum【the same】
(Wood block, a genuine Antique 1884 year)
The Portland Art Museum【the same】
Battle of Uji (1184)
Minamoto no Yoshinaka tried to wrest power from his cousins Yoritomo andYoshitsune, seeking to take command of the Minamoto clan. To that end, he burned the Hōjūji Palace, and kidnapped Emperor Go-Shirakawa. However, his cousins Noriyori and Yoshitsune caught up with him soon afterwards, following him across the Bridge over the Uji, New Year's Day, 1184, which Yoshinaka had torn up to impair their crossing.[1]
This was an ironic reversal of the first Battle of the Uji, only four years earlier. Much as the Taira did in that first battle, Minamoto no Yoshitsune led his horsemen across the river, and defeated Yoshinaka
Basic information
Boston Museum The Battle of Uji river
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-battle-of-the-uji-river-ujikawa-472060
宇治川合戦 The Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Publisher Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
