Background Information The Mongol rulers of China attacked Japan in 1274 and 1281 The Japanese warrior Takezaki Suenaga who participated in both invasions commissioned scrolls detailing the battles The scrolls were lost for centuries Some 450 years after the battles they were ID: 653753
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Mongol Invasion Scrolls
Visual DiscoverySlide2
Background Information
The
Mongol rulers of China attacked Japan in 1274 and 1281. The Japanese warrior
Takezaki
Suenaga
, who participated in both invasions, commissioned scrolls detailing the battles. The scrolls were lost for centuries. Some 450 years after the battles, they were
discovered--in
pieces. After the scrolls were reconstructed, some scenes were out of order, some of the images were missing, and new ones
had
been added. The images you see on
the following slides
are from the original scrolls.Slide3
Evidence: What do you see?
Thoughts: Do you have questions about the evidence?
Hypothesis/conclusion: What is going on in this image?
Mongol Scroll #1Slide4
Evidence: What do you see?
Thoughts: Do you have questions about the evidence?
Hypothesis/conclusion: What is going on in this image?
Mongol Scroll #2Slide5
Evidence: What do you see?
Thoughts: Do you have questions about the evidence?
Hypothesis/conclusion: What is going on in this image?
Mongol Scroll #3Slide6
Summary Activity
Why do you think
Suenaga
would commission scrolls depicting the scenes of battle
?
How might a scroll created by the Mongols look different?