A Hundred Poets from the Literary Heroes of Our
Country
(Honchô bunyû
hyaku-nin isshu, 本朝文雄百人一首)
Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu
c. 1842-1843
This
series of prints portrays historical figures who are known to have written
extant poetry, which is reproduced in a square panel on each print. On many of the prints, the hero-poet’s
personal seal (kakihan) is reproduced
in red. The prints in this series are
each about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban.
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Scene: Abe
Munetô wearing court robes over half-armor and holding a bow and arrows Robinson:
S22.1 |
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Akugenda Yoshihira (悪源太義平) seated and glaring to his left Robinson:
S22.2 |
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Scene:
Asahina Saburô Yoshihide (朝比奈三郎義秀) standing in court robes with a fan Robinson:
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Scene:
Ashikaga Tadayoshi seated before a large mirror dressing for a noh dance Robinson:
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Scene:
Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo standing in court
robes and cap with a fan; a spray of cherry-blossom thrown at him by the
maids at the time of his betrothal to Shiranui-hime Robinson:
S22.5 |
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Scene:
Kazusa Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (上総悪七兵衛景清) standing holding a closed fan and a wide straw hat Robinson:
S22.6 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Scene:
Kajiwara Genda Kagesue (梶原源太景季) standing holding a wide straw hat Robinson:
S22.7 |
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Scene:
Komatsu Naidaijin Shigemori (小松内大臣重盛) standing in black brocade court robes holding the
infant Emperor Antoku on his shoulder Robinson:
S22.8 |
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Scene: Kô
Musashi no Kami Moronao standing holding a card on which is written his love-
poem to the lady Kaoyo-gozen in a scene from the first act of the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura Robinson:
S22.9 |
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Scene:
Matsushima no Tsubone seated with her child before her Robinson:
S22.10 |
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Scene:
Kiitchi’s Daughter, Minazuru-hime (Kiitchi
no musume Minazuru-hime, 鬼一の娘みなずる姫) standing barefoot and shielding a lantern with her
sleeve (she obtain copies of her father’s scrolls of strategy for her love,
Yoshitsune) Robinson:
S22.11 |
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Scene:
Minamoto no Yoritomo standing in court robes and cap holding a fan with a
sword in a tiger skin scabbard Robinson:
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Scene:
Onzôshi Ushiwaka Maru seated examining the strategic scroll Sanryaku-no-maki in Ki-ichi Hôgen’s
house Robinson:
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Scene:
Sarashina-hime (更科姫) with her son Shikanosuke and a bear cub Robinson:
S22.14 |
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Scene:
Satô Shirobei Tadanobu seated grasping his sword and leaning on a go board Robinson:
S22.15 |
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Scene:
Satsuma no Kami Tadanori (薩摩守忠度) seated at a writing-table with brush in hand Robinson:
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Scene:
Mimyô, the twelfth century Shirabyôshi
dancer crouching and holding a wide black hat amid falling cherry petals Robinson:
S22.17 |
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Scene:
Tametomo’s wife Shiranui-hime (白縫姫) standing with a branch of cherry blossom and covering the lower
part of her face with her sleeve Robinson:
S22.18 |
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Scene:
Soga Gorô Tokimune in boyhood with his hands
clasped in prayer before an image of the god Fudô Robinson:
S22.19 |
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Scene:
Tomoe-jo seated and holding Yoshinaka’s helmet in the smoke from a small
incense burner with a storage chest for armor behind her Robinson:
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“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.
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