Battle at Rokuhara, from The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion

A rectangular artwork depicting a battle scene with two men on horseback. The artwork's background color is predominantly beige with some green at the bottom. One man is on a brown horse wearing a red, black and blue patterned armor. He holds a long sword in his right hand. The other man wears white and gold patterned armor, and black boots. He holds a long sword in both hands and is on a white horse with two red and white flags attached to its saddle. A red streaked sky in the background. The overall color palette consists of beige, red, white, green, blue and black. The depiction style appears to be traditional Japanese.

Artwork details

Date:: first quarter 14th century
Medium:: Fragment of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 468 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original