Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Painting)

Title:

Ichinotani kassenzu byobu kaiho yusetsu hitsu

Folding Screens Depicting the Battle at Ichinotani by Kaiho Yusetsu
一の谷合戦図屏風 海北友雪筆

No. of features:

One pair of screens

Designated:

March 19, 1996

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama Prefecture

Description:

Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677) was a painter and the legitimate child of the eponymous founder of the Kaiho style of painting, Kaiho Yushu. Born in Kyoto during the early Edo period, Yusetsu was later summoned to serve the Tokugawa shogunate on the recommendation of Lady Kasuga.

This set of screens depicts scenes from the “Atsumori” passage of the Heike Monogatari. The set consists of two 6-paneled screens standing 160.8 cm tall and 357.8 cm wide.

The horseback figures of the warrior Kumagai Jiro no Naozane and the young samurai Taira Atsumori confront each other from their respective screens. Each is centered in the image of a fan.

The opposition of Naozane to the left and Atsumori to the right, as well as the inversion of colors between the two screens, exemplify the bold designs and decorative style of the Edo period.

Associated Texts:

(1999). “Survey Report on Saitama Prefecture’s Designated Cultural Properties” (vol. 21). Saitama Prefectural Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. This cultural property’s availability may vary; for details, please contact the Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/011/002/p000161.html