Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
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Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace

DETAILS
Emperor Go-Shirakawa and his escort fleeing from the attack by the Minamoto clan on Sanjō Palace. The scene is originally a section from a long emakimono scroll made in the Kamakura period, during the second half of the 13th century (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts).
TITLE
The Attack of the Sanjo Palace
LITERATURE
Captain F. Brinkley, The Art of Japan, J B Millet (Boston, MA)
FRAMING
Matted and framed
DATE
Late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
Width 20 Depth 1 Height 15.5 inches
Sight: Width 14 Height 9 inches

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