Backed into a corner of the house of his ex-lover, the warrior Minamoto no Tadanobu slashes out with his sword and a gō board at Minamoto no Yoritomo’s men, who have come to kill him having been tipped off by the treacherous Koshiba Oguruma, who is seen hiding behind the sliding shoji screen. Gō pieces scatter everywhere in the heat of Tadanobu’s last moments, before he commits suicide (seppuku). This scene is also depicted on the netsuke EA2001.69.
Details
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Artist/maker
Yokogawa Takejirō (active c. 1852) (block cutter)Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) (designer)Sakanoue no Korenori (died c. AD 930) (author) -
Associated people
Koshiba Oguruma (active 12th century) (subject)Satō Tadanobu (1160 - 1187) (subject)Ibaya Senzaburō (active c. 1820s - c. 1870s) (publisher)Murata Heiemon (active 1843 - 1853) (censor) -
Object type
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No. of items
1
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1971.114
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Glossary of terms
gō
netsuke
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