Illustrated Handscrolls of the Later Three-Years War
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This set of three scrolls reproduces a well-known medieval work depicting the Later Three-Years War, a series of disturbances fought between competing factions in far northern Japan at the end of the Heian period (794–1185). The scrolls were created by the official painter of the Owari-Tokugawa, a branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan that controlled the Owari Domain, headquartered at Nagoya Castle. His meticulous reproductions of the earlier, heavily damaged handscrolls bring to life the horrors of the numerous wars that ravaged Japan during this time.
Artwork Details
- 今村随学筆 後三年合戦絵巻
- Title: Illustrated Handscrolls of the Later Three-Years War
- Artist: Imamura Zuigaku (Japanese, died 1793)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1780
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Set of three handscrolls; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
- Dimensions: Overall (scroll a): 18 in. × 61 ft. 2 5/8 in. (45.7 × 1866 cm)
Overall (scroll b): 18 in. × 55 ft. 11 1/4 in. (45.7 × 1705 cm)
Overall (scroll c): 18 in. × 64 ft. 5 1/4 in. (45.7 × 1964 cm)
Overall with knobs (scroll a): 18 1/4 in. × 61 ft. 2 5/8 in. (46.4 × 1866 cm)
Overall with knobs (scroll b): 18 1/4 in. × 55 ft. 11 1/4 in. (46.4 × 1705 cm)
Overall with knobs (scroll c): 18 1/4 in. × 64 ft. 5 1/4 in. (46.4 × 1964.1 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by John C. Weber Collection
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art