楠公父子桜井駅訣別之図
Nankō fushi sakurai-eki ketsubetsu no zu
Mizuno, Toshikata1896 · Matsuki, Heikichi
Details
- Title
楠公父子桜井駅訣別之図
Nankō fushi sakurai-eki ketsubetsu no zu
- Translated Title
- Kusunoki Masashige bids farewell to his sin at Sakurai Station
- Date
- 1896
- Period
- Meiji
- Publisher
- Matsuki, Heikichi
- Artist
- Mizuno, Toshikata
- Art
- Woodblock Printing,
- Nishiki-e
- Medium
- Paper,
- Ink
- genre
- Musha-e
Description
Toshikata's, Nankō fushi sakurai-eki ketsubetsu no zu (“Lord Kusunoki Masashige Bids Farewell to His Son at Sakurai Station”) depicts a poignant scene from The Taiheiki (“Chronicle of Great Peace”), a historical epic written in the late 14th century. The dramatic nishiki-e tryptych shows Lord Kusunoki Masashige, a renowned samurai, bidding farewell to his eldest son, who is about to leave for his final battle.
This part of Nankō fushi sakurai-eki ketsubetsu no zu shows Lord Kusunoki Masashige’s son sipping his last bowl of sake before battle. The close-up allows us to appreciate the incredible attention to detail Toshikata paid to the intricate patterns of the armor and the texture of the clothing.
