diptych print
- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.1532
- Title
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Object: Sakai Tadatsugu 酒井忠嗣
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Series: Meiyo juhachi ban 名誉十八番 (Eighteen Acts of Glory)
- Description
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Print. Colour woodblock diptych. Warrior Sakai Tadatsugu beating a war drum at Hamamatsu Castle, after the Battle of Mikatagahara.
- Production date
- 1893
- Curator's comments
- Tokugawa Ieyasu suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Takeda Shingen during the Battle of Mikatagahara (1573). He retreated to Hamamatsu Castle where his ally Sakai Tadatsugu beat a war drum as though welcoming back a vast army. Suddenly uncertain of Ieyasu's remaining strength, Shingen's troops halted their advance, camped for the night near the castle, and then succumbed to a night attack.
The subtitle of this print seems to give an incorrect character for the subject's given name. Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井忠嗣; 1816-1851) was a not-especially heroic late-Edo daimyo. His ancestor Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井忠次; 1527-1596), however, was a major historical figure in keeping with the other warriors depicted in this series, and known for the illustrated episode.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1906,1220,0.1532
