The Battle of Yashima, from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

A gold-leaf folding screen shows a naval and land battle along a dark blue sea. Mounted warriors in armor crowd the golden foreground, while boats with oarsmen and archers cross the water toward a walled, tiled-roof enclosure on a green headland at upper left.

Look closer: A small rider and horse appear near the lower-left edge, partly cut off by the screen border.

Artist

Tosa School

Date

17th century

Medium

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2000 × 987 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of General and Mrs. Hugh J. Casey, 1960