triptych print

Beneath a full moon, the agile young Minamoto no Yoshitsune, trained in martial arts by the tengu demons, leaps over the warrior-monk Benkei’s halberd on the Gojō Bridge in Kyoto. Benkei, who is collecting by force 1000 swords from innocent passers-by, has met his match. He has managed to remove Yoshitsune’s white silk overgarment used as a disguise, but cannot defeat the youth. Benkei was so impressed with the young warrior, that he swore allegiance to Yoshitsune and they remained inseparable until death.

Details

Artist/maker

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892) (designer)
Associated people

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) (subject)

Morimoto Junzaburō (1861 - 1923) (publisher)
Object type

triptych print
No. of items

1
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1983.67.a