Miscellaneous Warrior Prints,
Part I
This is the inevitable final catch-all or miscellany comprising untitled and unclassified warrior prints which do not fit in with either the regular series or the triptychs. They are listed as S95 in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982).
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Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Title: Act
XI of ‘'The Chûshingura’, the night-attack (Chûshingura jûichi damme
yo-uchi no zu, 十一段目 夜討之圖) Description:
Moonlit street-scene with western effects of clouds and shadows; the rônin scaling the wall of Moronao’s mansion Publisher:
no seal Date: c.
1830-1835 Robinson: S95a.1 |
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1682 print by Johan Nieuhof titled Stats
Meesters en Konstenars Woningen (Houses of Government Officials and Artists
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Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Title:
O-Kane the strong woman of Description:
In an unearthly landscape with sensational cloud effects, O-Kane steps on the
leading-rein of a runaway brown horse that kicks up its heels towards her Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1830-1835 Robinson: S95a.2 |
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No image available Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Title:
Anglers in the depths of the mountains (Shinzan no tsuribito) Description:
Heavily wooded landscape (western style) with river and pool; two fishermen
on a ledge and a huge snake appearing under the water and partly among the
trees Publisher: Date: c.
1830-1835 Robinson: S95a.3 |
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Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Description:
Sanada Yoichi Yoshisada
and Matano Gorô Kagehisa struggling on the sea-shore at Ishibashiyama Publisher:
Takenouchi Magohachi Date: c.
1835 Robinson: S95b.1 |
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Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Description:
Katô Kiyomasa (a vassal
of Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
fighting the Korean tiger; plain background flecked with orange Publisher:
Takenouchi Magohachi Date: c.
1835 Robinson: S95b.2 |
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No image available Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Description:
Yorimasa and his retainer Ii no Hayata
dispatching the monstrous nue Publisher:
Takenouchi Magohachi Date: c.
1835 Robinson: S95b.3 NOTE: This
unsigned print is attributed to Kuniyoshi by Robinson |
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Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Description:
Nitta Shirô Tadatsune
killing the giant wild boar during Yoritomo’s hunt
on the moor below Mount Publisher:
Takenouchi Magohachi Date: c.
1835 Robinson: S95b.4 |
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Format: ôban (approximately 10 by 14 inches or
25 by 36 centimeters) Title: The
hundred stories: picture of the haunted mansion, ghost story on Hayashiya Shôzô’s plan (Hyaku monogatari bakemono
yashiki no zu, Hayashiya Shôzô kufû no kwaidan) Description:
A ruined mansion at night, with three peasants terrified by an alarming
variety of supernatural manifestations Date: c.
1840 Robinson: S95b.5 |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description: Tokiwa-gozen and her children in the snow;
a village in the background Date: c.
1835-1840 Robinson: S95c.1 |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Tokiwa-gozen and her three children Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c.
1835-1840 Robinson: S95c.1a |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Shizuka-gozen in her shirabyôshi costume beneath a
rolled bamboo blind Publisher:
Izumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1835-1840 Robinson: S95c.2 |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych approximately
28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters)
Description:
Kaga no Chiyo with her
bucket by the well looking down at morning glories Publisher:
Izumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1835-1840 Robinson: S95c.3 |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Anju-hime carrying buckets of salt water on the
shore Publisher:
Maru-ya Jimpachi Date: c.
1840 Robinson: S95c.3a |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Takeda Daizendayû Harunobu
Nyûdô Shingen seated on a
stool in his traditional helmet and holding his war-fan charged with
astrological symbols. Fangs are
visible at the corners of his mouth. Publisher: Date: c.
1835-1840 Robinson: S95c.4 |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych approximately
28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters)
Description:
Uesugi Danjô Daihitsu Terutora Nyûdô Kenshin seated on a stool
with a monk’s hood over his helmet with the paulownia crest between horns Publisher: Date: c.
1835-1840 Robinson: S95c.5 |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Sugawara no Michizane in Tenmangu
Shrine wearing court robes with a scepter seated on a platform under an
awning; below him, two palace guards seated, and two stone lions Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c.
1840 Robinson: S95c.6 |
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This is another state of
the above kakemono-e. |
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Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description: Portrait of Yoshida Chûzaemon Kanesuke Publisher:
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date:
1843-1846 Robinson: S95c (not listed) I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Format:
Horizontal pair of chûban (each
approximately 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an
undivided sheet of paper Description:
Two mounted warriors confronting one another: on the right, Akiyama Shin-kurando armed with a huge axe; on the left, Abo (his nanori [official
name] cut off in the only available copy), bareheaded with a sword Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c. 1840-1843 Robinson: S95d.1 |
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Format:
Horizontal pair of chûban (each
approximately 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an
undivided sheet of paper, as in the illustration Description:
Musashi-bô Benkei reading his subscription scroll
to Togashi Saemon at the Ataka Barrier Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c.
1840-1843 Robinson: S95d.2 |
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Format:
Horizontal pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Robinson: S95d.3 |
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Format:
Horizontal pair of chûban (each
approximately 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an
undivided sheet of paper Description:
The severed head of the Shuten-dôji,
belching flames, in the air above Watanabe no Tsuna,
while Raikô poises his sword in readiness Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c.
1840-1843 |
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Format:
Horizontal pair of chûban (each
approximately 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an
undivided sheet of paper Description:
The fight between Ushiwaka Maru
and Kumasaka Chôhan at
the inn; bales and a torch on the ground, and Kisanda
in the distance Date: c.
1840-1843 |
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Format:
Horizontal pair of chûban (each
approximately 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an
undivided sheet of paper Title: Gunshi no uso wo bôkei o ii jorô Description:
The courtesan Jigoku-Tayu standing behind a screen
with two children and a cat; on the other side of the screen is the priest Ikkyû dancing with a fan, surrounded by ghostly skeletons Publisher:
Bunshôdô Date: c.
1847-1848 Robinson: S95d.6 |
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“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.
