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*''Japanese'': 蒙古襲来絵詞 ''(Mouko Shuurai Ekotoba)''
*''Japanese'': 蒙古襲来絵詞 ''(Mouko Shuurai Ekotoba)''
The Mongol Invasion Scroll, or ''Môko Shûrai Ekotoba'' was commissioned in [[1293]] by [[Takezaki Suenaga]], a warrior who had fought in both [[Mongol invasions]].
The Mongol Invasion Scroll, or ''Môko Shûrai Ekotoba'' was commissioned in [[1293]] by [[Takezaki Suenaga]], a warrior who had fought in both [[Mongol invasions]].
Unlike most handscroll paintings of major military events, which were produced long afterwards as part of a narrative / storytelling tradition, Takezaki's ''Môkô Shûrai Ekotoba'' is roughly contemporary to its subject, having been produced as a record of service, and a petition for reward.
==References==
*Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 17.
==External Link==
==External Link==
* [http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/ Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan]
* [http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/ Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan]
