Mirror of the Faithful Samurai and Loyal Retainers
(Gishi chûshin kagami)
Publisher: Shimidzu-ya Naojirô
1848
The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
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Scene: Aibara Yesuke Munefusa seizing a half-naked ruffian by the throat Robinson:
S59.1 |
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Scene: Fuwa Katsuyemon Masatane on one knee with his hand on his sword shielding
a child behind him Robinson:
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Scene: Hayano Kampei Yoshitoshi seated with his sword drawn about to perform seppuku Robinson:
S59.3 NOTE: The
term ‘hara-kiri’, although more
common in English than ‘seppuku’,
is considered in |
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Scene: Ôboshi Rikiya Yoshikane seated with his chest exposed holding a sword
near its tip about to perform seppuku Robinson:
S59.4 |
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Scene:
Sumino Chûheiji Tsugifusa
on one knee reading a long letter by lamplight Robinson:
S59.5 |
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Scene: Takebayashi Sadashichi Takashige seated with clenched fists looking over his
shoulder with a hat and bundles behind him Robinson:
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Scene: Yata Jiroyemon Sukeake leaning back with a smoking gun having just shot
a fox Robinson:
S59.7 Image courtesy of John Teramoto and the Indianapolis Museum of Art |
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Scene: Yatô Yomoshichi Norikane standing by a bucket and wiping his sword on a
cloth which is attached to a tube containing sprigs of the sacred evergreen sakaki Robinson:
S59.8 |
‘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listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
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