Information
Date : 1884
Size : O-ban / Triptych
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Slight browning / Slight soiling / Restored small wormholes
The mother and children depicted in this artwork are Tokiwa-Gozen, who was described as a matchless beautiful woman, and her sons.
The boys who are walking themselves are Imawaka and Otowaka, and the sleeping baby in Tokiwa-Gozen's arm is Ushiwaka.
Minamoto no Yoshitomo, the children's father, was lost at the Heiji rebellion, and Tokiwa-Gozen and the children escaped from the capital to Yamato-no-Kuni.
This artwork is the depiction of the scene of the returning way from the Yamato-no-Kuni to the capital for surrender to Taira no Kiyomori to help her mother who is arrested by Kiyomori.
She knew that they will be killed if they surrender to Kiyomori, so we can see the complex emotion of sadness and preparedness in her eyes.