「六波羅行幸」 平治物語絵巻 断簡|Scene from “Imperial Visit to Rokuhara,” from The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion (Heiji monogatari)
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
Handscroll segment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 35 1/4 in. (29.8 x 89.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.475
Tags
Art Historical Context
This captivating fragment, titled *Scene from “Imperial Visit touhara,”* comes from an illustrated handscroll of *The Tale of the Heiji* (*Heiji monogatari a dramatic 13th-century epic recounting the bloody 1159–1160 civil between Japan's rival Minamoto and Taira clans the late Heian period. The scene likely captures the emperor's procession to Rokuhara, a key Taira stronghold in Kyoto, amid the chaos of rebellion, with vivid depictions of soldiers, men, and horses evoking the tension of samurai warfare and imperial pageantry. Created in the 18th century during Japan's Edo period (1615–1868),...