Benkei

Migita Toshihide (1863-1925), Japan, c. 1890-1920, ink and colour on paper

The placement of the figure and the artist’s signature in the otherwise blank field demonstrates the Shijo painters’ quest for expressive compositions. In so doing they intensified the subject: here the warrior-monk Benkei. Toshihide forcefully laid down this bold, powerful hero over the full width of the rectangular surface of the paper.

  • Artwork typehanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1713
  • Dimensionslength 113.4 cm x width 44.8 cm, height 190.0 cm x width 48.1 cm, height 7.5 cm x width 55.5 cm x depth 7.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsinkt in kleur op papier op zijde