Minneapolis Institute of Art
Fire, Picture of Sassa Narimasa’s Hard Fight in Kyushu
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Kiya Sōjirō; Carver: Ōta UtakichiLinkedCulture matchlcp-6fb908fa9b61
- Date
- 1867, 9th lunar month
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 127813
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Sassa Narimasa sits astride his horse amid a battlefield ablaze; his retainer rests on the ground, supporting himself with a long spear. Soldiers’ corpses lay scattered on the ground, scorched by the fire. The scene depicts the Kyūshū campaign (1586–87), during which Sassa joined warrior baron Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the latter’s attempt to gain control of Kyūshū, the southernmost island of Japan. This print is one of five in a series titled Heroes and the Five Elements, in which Yoshitoshi paired historical events with the five elements: earth, water, fire, wind, and sky (Water is on display nearby). Asia
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- Credit line
- The Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, gifts of various donors, by exchange, and gift of Edmond Freis in memory of his parents, Rose and Leon Freis
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