A Collection of Heroes in Battle

(Eiyű kumiuchi zukushi, 英勇組討盡)

1856

 

These images are final drawings (hanshita-e) for an unpublished series.  The sheets are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.  I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these images and information.

 

 

Description: Tadanori, governor of Satsuma Province (Satsuma no kami Tadanori, 薩摩守忠度) subduing Okabe Rokuyata Tadasumi (岡部六弥太忠澄)

 

This drawing bears a censor’s seal for the 5th month of 1856.

 

Description: Two unidentified warriors wrestling

 

 

 

 

Description: An armored warrior sitting on his foe

 

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

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