Minneapolis Institute of Art
Taira Kiyomori Seeing Skulls
Kikuchi YōsaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-d23b297837ae
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 117099
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
As the leader of the Heike clan, Taira Kiyomori (1118-1181) ruthlessly pursued political power in order to crush the Genji/Minamoto clan. In his later years, he began to have horrific visions in which he saw hundreds of skulls of his slayed enemies in the snowy garden of his villa. As seen here, four skulls of the men he had killed are rising from the snow. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture
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