Battle Scene

14th century

Japanese

Ink, color, and gold on paper

14 x 17 1/4 in. (35.56 x 43.82 cm)

Overall h.: 46 1/2 in.

Overall w.: 21 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

48.173

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Art In Asia and the West, 1957.

San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Treasures of Japan, 1960.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Japanese Art In the Seattle Art Museum, 1960.

Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville Museum of Art, Art Of China and Japan, Sept. 15 - Nov. 28, 1977.

Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, Reflections Of Reality In Japanese Art, Mar. 4 - May 1, 1983.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art, Feb. 5 - July 12, 1987.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity, Apr. 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle, July 16, 2001 - Nov. 17, 2002.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Rabbit, Cat and Horse; Endearing Creatures in Japanese Art, Dec. 21, 2002 - Mar. 16, 2003.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, Dec. 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Gentleman Warrior: Art of the Samurai, Mar. 16 - Dec. 1, 2019.

Published ReferencesLee, Sherman. "Seven Early Japanese Paintings," in Art Quarterly, Autumn 1949, pp. 309-324, discussed pp. 316, 319, illus. p. 318

"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 90 (b&w)

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