Mirror of Our Country’s Heroes

(Honchô eiyû kagami, 本朝英雄鏡)

Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon

1858

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

	Hero: Kudô Shôhei Mototsugu (工藤政平元継) with a battleaxe in front of a waterfall Robinson: S92.1 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.
	Hero: Sasaki Shirobei Takatsuna (佐々木四郎兵衛高綱) crossing the Uji River under the ancient pine tree of Karasaki Robinson: S92.2 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.
	Hero: Satô Shirobei Tadanobu (佐藤四郎兵衛忠信) with a go board Robinson: S92.3 I am grateful to Harry van der Krogt for this image
	Hero: Yamaki Hangwan Kanetaka (山木判官兼高) clenching his fist and raising his sword, as he moves towards a diversionary helmet placed on the tip of a naginata (pole arm) Robinson: S92.4
	Hero: Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki (山本勘介晴幸) mortally wounded in the Battle of Kawanakajima being given a drink of water by a follower Robinson: S92.5
	Another state of the above design
	Hero: Denju Shôsuke Iyeteru (傳壽勝助舎照) retrieving Shibata Katsuiye’s gohei (standard) Robinson: S92.6
	Hero: Ishikawa Tôsuke Sadatomo (石川藤助貞友) at night under a hail of arrows holding a severed head with his foot on a slain foe Robinson: S92.7 I am grateful to Sebastien Lacambre (Ukiyoe-art) for this image
	Hero: Marino Takamaru Sadamasa (鞠野鷹丸長定) in a pine tree Robinson: Not listed
	Hero: Inoda Magohei Tokiharu (猪田孫平時春) gripping a short spear on a dark night Robinson: Not listed
	Hero: Odai Matarokurô (小田井又六郎) breaking a sake jar with the end of a spear while others are drinking in the background, during the war with Takeda Shingen 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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