Mirror of Military Excellence and Fierce Courage

(Buyei môyû kagami)

Publisher: Ise-ya Sanjirô

c. 1836

The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

 

Scene: Hirotsune, the Taira turncoat, and Yukiuji

Robinson: S7.1

 

Scene: Kintoki and the serpent

Robinson: S7.2

 

Scene: Gozen Gorô Maru Shigemune seizing Soga Gorô Tokimune  

Robinson: S7.3

 

Scene: Tomoye-gozen throttling Uchida Saburô by a waterfall

Robinson: S7.4

 

Scene: Minamoto no Ushiwaka Maru and Musashi-bô Benkei on Gojô Bridge with bats and a full moon

Robinson: S7.5

‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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