Individual Warrior Prints, Part II
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Scene: Abe no Yasuchika exorcising fox demon, Tamama
no maye with reflected rays from a mirror Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.1 |
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Scene: Koshibe no Sugaru capturing a Raijû (monster) amid flames and lightning in the Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi
(later edition Idzumi-ya Ichibei) Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.2 |
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Scene: Usui Matagorô
killing the giant white monkey in the mountains of Hida Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.3 |
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Scene: The
ghost of Akugenda Yoshihira exacting revenge on his
slayer, Namba Jirô with a
burning thunderbolt Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.4 |
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Scene: The
death-struggle of Ôto-no-miya with his murderer, Fuchibe Iga no Kami Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi
(later edition Idzumi-ya Ichibei) Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.5 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Scene: Takagi Toranosuke capturing a kappa underwater in the Publisher:
Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.6 NOTE: Kappa are amphibious goblins with the
body of a tortoise, the limbs of a frog and the head of a monkey |
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Scene: Kusunoki Tamon Maru Masatsura and Chikudô Maru killing an old
badger that took the form of a priest Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon (later
edition Iba-ya Sensaburô)
Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.7 Image courtesy of Richard Illing |
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Scene: Matano no Gorô Kagehisa and Sanada no Yoichi Yoshitada
struggling on shore at Ishibashiyama Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.8 |
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Scene: Izumo no Imaro in mid-sea
plunges his sword into the neck of a wani (sea-monster) Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.9 |
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Scene: Wada Heita Tanenaga killing a huge
python by a waterfall Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.10 I am grateful to Ward Pieters
for locating this image. |
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Scene: Hasebe Chôhyôye Nobutsura fighting over fallen foe at the Taira attack on
the Takakura Palace in Kyoto (1180) Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.11 |
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Scene: Hangami Danjô-no-jô Arakage killing a giant salamander in the Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.12 |
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Scene: Ariô Maru on the seashore
struggling with a giant octopus Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.13 |
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Scene: Asahina Saburô Yoshihide tugging at the armor of Soga Gorô Tokimune Publisher:
Ise-ya Sanjirô Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.14 |
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Scene: Taira no Koremochi killing the demon-woman at Togakushi-yama Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.15 |
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Scene:
Nagasaki Kangayu-sayemon riddled with arrows and
encircled by a dragon Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.16 |
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Scene: Sagi-no-ike Heikurô Masatora killing a huge wild boar Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.17 |
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This is another state of
the above print. |
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Scene: Sanada Yoichi Munesada kneeling
on Matano Gorô Kagehisa by the seashore at the Battle of Ishibashiyama Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kiyemon Date: c.
1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.18 |
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Scene:
Sakata Kwaidô Maru (also
called Kintarô and Kintoki) struggling with a huge
carp in a waterfall Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: c.
1836 Robinson: S1d.1 NOTE: This
is a first edition print |
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A later edition of the
above print |
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Scene: Ono
no Komachi praying for rain Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1836 Robinson: S1d.2 |
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Scene: The
rakan (Buddhist holy man) Nakasaina Sonja seated on a rock with a dragon emerging
from the bowel in his hands Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: c.
1836 Robinson: S1d.3 |
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Scene: The
sennin Kikujidô (Ch’u-tsu-tung in
Chinese) as an androgynous youth in Chinese clothes seated among chrysanthemums Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: c.
1836 Robinson: S1d.4 NOTE: Sennin are female Immortals in
Taoism. In Buddhist Japan, the term
referred to mountain dwelling hermits possessing magical powers. |
‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
