Mirror of Famous Names of Our Country

(Honchô kômei kagami)

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

1855

This series is listed in the privately published supplement to Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982).  The prints are about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

 

Hero: Hasebe Chôhei Nobutsura at the defense of the Takakura Palace brandishing a sword and trampling a fallen foe

Robinson: S87a.1

 

Hero: Sakata Kwaidô Maru (Kintarô) watching a fight between a tengu and a cock

Robinson: Not listed

‘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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