Brother Pictures - A Select Comparison of Warriors

(E-kyôdai mitate musha awase)

c. 1834

In this series, one or two large figures are compared with historical and legendary warriors, who are pictured in an inset. The series is unusual in that the title cartouches are of different shapes. The series is listed as number 91 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Main figure: A man spilling water and holding a dipper Inset: Priest Mungaku under a waterfall
	Another state of the above print (note the color on the upper portion)
	Main figures: A young samurai with a kaishi paper and a writing brush, his servant is holding a yatate Inset:
	Main figures: Inset:
	Main figures: Inset:
	Main figures: Inset:

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