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The Mongol Invasion
Kawashima Jimbei IIca. 1904 (Meiji)
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The Mongols invaded Japan twice, in 1274 and 1281, and twice they were repulsed with the help of a sudden typhoon (a kamikaze or "divine wind"). Kawasaki Jimbei II began to produced large-scale silk tapestries following his visit to France in 1886. This tapestry was based on a full-size oil painting by Morizumo Yugyo (1854-1927).
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Details
- Title: The Mongol Invasion
- Creator Lifespan: 1853/1910
- Creator Nationality: Japanese
- Date Created: ca. 1904 (Meiji)
- Physical Dimensions: w302.26 x h364.76 cm
- Type: tapestries
- Rights: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: woven silk
- Workshop: Kawashima Jimbei II
- Provenance: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Place of Origin: Japan
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