Comparisons of True Courage
(Shin-yû kurabe,
真勇競)
Publisher: Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô
1845 and 1855
The prints in this series are approximately 20 by 8 inches (50 by 20 centimeters), a size known either as nagaban or as chôban.
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Scene:
Benkei (辨慶) dragging the huge bell of Date: 1845 Robinson:
S49.1 |
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Scene: Kiyo-hime
starting to change into a dragon beneath the bell of Dôjôji Date: 1855 Robinson:
S49.2 NOTE: This
print is unsigned. |
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Scene:
Hachirô Tametomo in exile on the rocky shore of Ôshima at sunrise Date: 1845 Robinson:
S49.3 |
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Scene: Taira
no Tomomori at the bottom of the sea with the great anchor and a sea dragon Date: 1855 Robinson:
S49.4 |
“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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