painting on fabric of an injured, bloodied, and bandaged man with proper left arm upstretched to the top of a bamboo wall behind figure; proper right hand holding a long, thin, bloody blade pointed down to ground; paper mount covered with silver/gray silk border with fern pattern; dark brown wood roller; arrived in a natural wooden box with lid, futomaki roller, and brown outer carton with paper label on one end

Hard Fighting Shōgitai Warrior, 1868

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This portrait of a samurai leaning on his sword and holding on to a wall of bamboo during his last breaths might show Sakuma Dennai who was a member of the Shōgitai, a group of former Tokugawa retainers who were opposed to the new government of the Meiji Emperor. In 1868, the Shōgitai samurai fought in the Battle of Ueno against the Imperial troops and lost badly. This painting is a result of the artist, Yoshitoshi, witnessing this battle.

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Title
Hard Fighting Shōgitai Warrior
Artist Life
1839 - 1892
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2023.52
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painting on fabric of an injured, bloodied, and bandaged man with proper left arm upstretched to the top of a bamboo wall behind figure; proper right hand holding a long, thin, bloody blade pointed down to ground; paper mount covered with silver/gray silk border with fern pattern; dark brown wood roller; arrived in a natural wooden box with lid, futomaki roller, and brown outer carton with paper label on one end