Battle paintings - Kassen-e

Japanese: 合戦絵 - かっせんえ

Yamato-e is a subject of painting. It appeared at the end of the Heian period as a picture scroll depicting a war tale. The oldest documented example is the Gosannen Kassen Emaki (Tokyo National Museum), created in 1171 (Joan 1) by order of Emperor Goshirakawa. It became popular during the Kamakura period, and works such as the Heiji Monogatari Emaki (Boston Museum of Fine Arts and others) and the Mongol Invasion Illustrated Scroll (Imperial Household Agency) remain. In the Muromachi period, it began to be painted on sliding doors and folding screens, such as the Emperor Antoku Picture (Akama Shrine, Shimonoseki City), and in the early modern period, record paintings of contemporary battles such as the Battle of Nagashino, the Battle of Sekigahara, and the Siege of Osaka were also made.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

やまと絵の画題。いくさ物語の絵巻化として平安時代末に現れた。後白河法皇の命で1171年(承安1)につくられた《後三年合戦絵巻》(東京国立博物館)が文献上もっとも古い。鎌倉時代に流行し，《平治物語絵巻》(ボストン美術館その他)，《蒙古襲来絵詞》(宮内庁)などの作品が残る。室町時代になると，《安徳天皇絵》(下関市赤間神宮)のように，襖や屛風にも描かれるようになり，近世初期には，長篠合戦，関ヶ原合戦や大坂の陣のような同時代に起こった合戦の記録画も描かれた。

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