ANONYMOUS Scenes from the Genpei Wars Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryANONYMOUSScenes from the Genpei Wars Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryA six-panel byobu (folding screen), ink, colours, gofun (calcified crushed shell), and gold on paper mounted on a wood lattice and within a silk brocade border, framed in lacquered wood, depicting a scene from the twelfth-century wars between the Minamoto and Taira clans: on the second and third panels from the right probably Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) mounted on his black horse Tayuguro leading his cavalry on their epic charge down the Hiyodori Gorge to attack the Taira forces encamped by the sea at Ichi no Tani (spring 1184); unsigned. Overall: 109cm x 282cm (42 15/16in x 111in); image: 97cm x 272cm (38 3/16in x 107 1/16in).None