玉川舟調による浮世絵「Tomoe Gozen Fighting off Wada no Yoshimori」
作者:玉川舟調
作品名:Tomoe Gozen Fighting off Wada no Yoshimori
制作年:1790s
詳細:詳細情報...
情報源:ウスター美術館
浮世絵(全 3,039 件)を表示...
説明:
Narrow pillar print, at Awazu, Omi Province, in 1184 The female warrior Tomoe-Gozen defied convention by fighting on the battlefield and using weapons normally reserved for male samurai. In the classic late 12th century Heike Monogatari ("Tale of the Heike [/Taira]") Tomoe is described as exceptionally beautiful, with long hair. She was also a remarkable archer and swordswoman who could handle wild horses with great skill. Tomoe became Kiso Minamoto Yoshinaka's mistress and a commander, fighting the Taira clan during the Genpei War. They were driven from the capital when Yoshinaka's lawless tyranny in Kyoto provoked the enmity of former emperor Go-Shirakawa and the jealousy of
