- XVII

P-1393

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 175; Larghezza: 360

Giappone

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La Rinascita della Pittura Giapponese. Vent'anni di restauri al Museo Chiossone di Genova - Genova, Museo d'Arte Orientale Edoardo Chiossone - 28/02 - 29/06 2014

The folding screen is accompanied by a second one depicting the Battle of Ichinotai. Displayed continuously for 37 years at the Accademia Ligustica, these were dismembered and divided into twelve framed panels in the years 1962-1964. All the publications published between 1905 and 1977 refer to the attribution to the Tosa School and the dating to the 14th century, but lack historical-critical justifications and stylistic analyses. The two byōbu in the museum are part of the group of screens depicting the three main Genpei wars (Ichinotani, Yashima and Dannoura) commissioned by members of the military aristocracy to the Kanō painters between the end of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century. Folding screen consisting of six movable panels with a black lacquer frame, a brocade border with designs of cut stems on a dark blue background and an ivory background border with small swirls and scattered treasures. The hinges are in engraved, chiseled and silvered metal. The back lining is in paper with a suzumegata motif. The panels seamlessly house a representation of the Battle of Yashima. The war event is told through a wide panoramic view with valleys, buildings and stretches of sea. A complex but detailed narrative unfolds against this backdrop. Numerous anecdotes from the Romance of the Heike enrich the story. In the first panel, the boy ruler Antoku can be recognized on board one of the ships anchored in the strait, where the Taira were waiting for the Minamoto to attack them from the sea. The second and third panels depict the most famous hero of the battle, Nasu no Yoichi, a warrior of the Minamoto clan who accepted the challenge of the Taira and, having launched his horse into the sea at a gallop, pierced with a single arrow a red fan that the opponents had hung from the mainmast of one of their ships.