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3055 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
OF MANABI HIRASAKI
3056
3055
42 | BONHAMS ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)
Tales of the Heike
A large six-panel folding screen, ink, color
and gold on paper; featuring the battles
associated with the Heike stronghold at
Ichinotani, each scene accompanied by a
small label of identification
69 1/8 x 147 3/8in (175.5 x 374.4cm)
$10,000 - 15,000

Illustrating various episodes from book nine of
Heike monogatari, including:
Kawara gassen (The Battle at the Riverbed) [9:3]
Higuchi no kirare (The Execution of Higuchi) [9:5]
Roba (The Old Horse) [9:9]
Ichinokake (First and Second Attackers) [9:10]
Saka otoshi (The Assault from the Cliff) [9:12]

ANOTHER PROPERTY

3056
ANONYMOUS (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
Taiheiki: The Battle of Minatogawa
Large two-panel folding screen, ink, color and
metallic pigments on paper applied with gold
leaf; unsigned
56 1/8 x 66 1/4in (142.6 x 168.2cm)
$4,000 - 6,000

At the decisive Battle of Minatogawa
(Minatogawa no tatakai) in early July 1336,
Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) defeated
the imperial forces championed by Nitta
Yoshisada (1301-1338) and Kusunoki
Masashige (1294-1336), allowing him to
seize Kyoto against the wishes of Emperor
Go-Daigo who sought to lessen the power of
the warrior class and return to the social and
political systems of the Heian period.