Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Summer Battle at Hakone

Tsukioka YoshitoshiLinkedCulture matchlcp-a46a155c9d7b

Date

c. 1874

Medium

Preparatory drawing for a print, ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Object ID

127857

This drawing is for a triptych that was never published. The initial sketch was executed with red ink, and then later Yoshitoshi drew over it with black. He authenticated this drawing by putting his seals in red at the left and right margins, suggesting that this particular one was important to him. The scene shows a group of men about to storm down a slope at Hakone in the summer of 1868. Lord Hayashi Tadataka (1848–1941) is in the center on horseback. He was the leader of guerilla fighters who fought against the imperial army in the Boshin War (1868–69). On the far left is Iba Hachirō (1844–1869), who was a member of the shogunal guard and one of the leading figures of the rebellion. Japan, Asia

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