A Hundred Generals Brave in Battle at Kawanakajima

(Kawanakajima hyaku yûshô sen)

c. 1845

Takeda Shingen of Kai Province conquered Shinano Province in 1547, expelling Murakami Yoshiharu and Ogasawara Nagatoki, who turned to Uyesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province for help. A series of battles between the forces of Takeda Shingen and the forces of Uyesugi Kenshin were fought on the plain of Kawanakajima in the northern Shinano Province near the modern-day city of Nagano. The five major battles took place in 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561 and 1564. The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	General: Takeda Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen wearing a horned helmet and raising his war-fan above his head Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kiyomidzu-ya Naojirô Robinson: S34.1
	General: The young Takeda Inashirô Katsuyori with a robe over his armor holding a fan Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.2
	General: Takeda Sama-no-suke (Nobushige) in armor grasping a general’s baton Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kojima or Manju Robinson: S34.3
	General: Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô Haruyuki Dôkisai mortally wounded with arrows grasping his spear Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.4
	General: Hara Hayato-no-shô bareheaded in armor holding his spear Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kiyomidzu-ya Naojirô Robinson: S34.5
No image available	General: Naitô Shuri Masatoyo grasping the shaft of his naginata amid clouds and lightning Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.6
	General: Sanada Kihei Masayuki bareheaded with a two-bladed spear (hoku) over his shoulder Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Heisuke Robinson: S34.7
No image available	General: Uyesugi Kenshin Side: Uyesugi Kenshin Publisher: Robinson: S34.8 (listed as not seen)
	General: Amakasu Ômi no Kami bareheaded in profile making a stroke with his naginata Side: Uyesugi Kenshin Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Heisuke Robinson: S34.9 Image courtesy of Richard Illing
	General: Arakawa Idzu no Kami bareheaded in armor under the streamers of his standard Side: Uyesugi Kenshin Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.10
	General: Nagao Echizen no Kami Masakage wearing a helmet with a cape attached Side: Uyesugi Kenshin Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.11
	General: Naoye Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu in a horned helmet carrying a spear Side: Uyesugi Kenshin Publisher: Kojima or Manju Robinson: S34.12

‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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