The Battle of Nagashino (Nagashino Gassen), one of a pair with F1975.25

Object Details

• Artist

  Ishida Moriyoshi (1765-1793)

• Label

  On June 29, 1575, a decisive battle was fought at Nagashino in Mikawa province (today eastern Aichi prefecture). The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), who eventually became shogun, defeated an army led by Takeda Katsuyori (1546–1582). Especially poignant is the detailed depiction of the destruction of Katsuyori’s equestrian force by the opposition’s skillful use of firearms. Nobunaga obtained these modern European weapons through Portuguese traders who first landed in Japan in 1543. Handscrolls, which can be unrolled a section at a time for easy viewing from right to left, offer a continuous format for painting sequences of action and for recreating the passage of time and space.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

  Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Ishida, Moriyoshi

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Mountains, Wars, Boats and boating, Warrior, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Rivers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings