Five Warriors Likened to Five Famous Horses of Great Men

(五将軍見立五人男馬超)

Publisher: Ise-ya Sanjirô

1843

This series of prints shows kabuki actors in costume. The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Actor: Ichikawa Kuzô II (Ichikawa Danzô VI) Role: 朝比奈茂兵衛 (untranslated)
	Actor: Sawamura Tosshô I (Sawamura Sôjûrô V) Role: Ume no Yoshibe
	Another state of the above print
	Actor: Ichikawa Ebizô V (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) Role: ばんずい長兵衛 (untranslated)
	Actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XII Role: 絞染五郎 (untranslated)
	Actor: Kanjaku (poetry name of Nsksmurs Utaemon IV) Role: Token Gombei

‘Robinson’ refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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