night attack at sanjo palace

• 2d depictions of war - outside Europe, pre-1850

  • heavy black out-lines = death, emphasis forms
  • red and orange flames = passion and aggression
  • attackers = faces painted to look animalistic - produced years later, creating a bias view
  • clan = expressionless - son and emperor chose opposing sides, lead to attack, and ultimately no emperor
  • chaotic composition = chaos and mess of war
  • tells a story - japanses scroll, emaki, read from right to left