Miscellaneous Warrior Prints
Part II
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Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: The
moor of Ukishima (Ukishima no hara)
Description:
Yoritomo’s troops passing before him in review Publisher:
no seal Date: c.
1835-40 Robinson:
S95e.1 |
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Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title:
Benkei in the boat (Puna Benkei) Description:
Yoshitsune and his men in a storm at sea with Benkei in the bow exorcizing
the Taira ghosts Publisher:
no seal Date: c.
1835-40 Robinson:
S95e.2 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Verbal farce: Autumn moon on Ishiyama (Kôjô chaban lshiyama aki no tsuki) Description: Lady Murasaki with a maid on a veranda under the
moon Publisher: no seal Date: c. 1835-40 Robinson:
S95e.3 |
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No image available Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Description:
The poet Abe no Nakamaro in Publisher:
no seal Date: c.
1835-40 Robinson:
S95e.4 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Stories of Chaste Women (Reppuden) Description: Poetess Shûshiki holding a roll of paper, having
just hung a poem on a blossoming cherry tree Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1844 Robinson: S95e.5 |
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Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title:
Stories of Chaste Women (Reppuden) Description:
Eighth century poetess Kaga no Chiyo looking downward a morning glories Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1844 Robinson:
not listed |
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Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title:
Stories of Chaste Women (Reppuden) Description:
The nurse Koshikubu with a child Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1844 Robinson:
not listed |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Abridged Stories of Charming Women, Old and New:
The Dragon-woman of Seta Bridge (Kokon
yenjo ryakuden) Description: The beautiful Dragon-woman, from the story of
Fujiwara no Tawara Toda Hidesato and the Giant Centipede, on Seta Bridge
holding a cloth Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon (listed as Tsuji-ya Yasubei in the
supplement to Robinson) Date: c. 1845 Robinson: S95e.6 |
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Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title:
Mirror of brave women (Bu-yû onna
kagami) Description:
Yama-uba reclining wile Kintarô sits upon her Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyubei Date: c.
1840 Robinson:
S95e.7 |
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Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title:
None Description:
Kintarô with demons Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei Date: Robinson:
Not listed |
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Format:
Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: None Description:
Urashima Tarô leading Otohime, who is riding on an octopus Publisher: Echigo-ya
Chohachi Date: Robinson: Not listed NOTE: Otohime
is the daughter of Ryujin, dragon-god of the sea |
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Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: None Description: The Ghost of Tomomori of Taira Family at
Daimotsu-no-ura Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô Date: 1840 Robinson:
Not listed |
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Format: Chûban
tetraptych Title: The great battle of Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima ô-kassen) Description: Double portrait of Takeda Daizen-no-daibu Harunobu
Nyûdô Shingen with Buddhist prayer-beads and war-fan (right) and Uyesugi
Danjô-no-taihitsu Terutora Nyûdô Kenshin with large bamboo staff (left), both
seated in armor under their respective banners. Above is a long account of the campaign. Publisher: Murata-ya Tetsu Date: c. 1845 Robinson: S95f.1 Image
courtesy of John Lord |
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Format: 49.5
by 89 centimeter sheet Title: Sugoroku of the Suikoden heroes (Suikoden gôketsu sugoroku) Description: A large single sheet of the heroes of the
Suikoden, adapted to the game of sugoroku,
in which dice were thrown to determine rate of progress from one section to
another. Title in large script,
upper right; central panel of Kohôgi Sôkô
enthroned, presiding over a meeting of six principal heroes round a table,
and surrounded by all the others, each in a named and numbered compartment. Publishers: Tsuru-ya
Kiyemon, Sano-ya Kihei, Kaga-ya Kichiyemon and Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date: c. 1830 Robinson:
S95f.2 |
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Format: Ôban
harimaze print Description: A harimaze
print is one that consists of several unrelated images on a single sheet of
paper. The left hand portion is a chûtanzakuban showing Inudzuka Shino
on the crest of the Hôryûkaku roof looking down upon Inukai Kempachi with
geese flying below a full moon. The
other two designs are a blowfish by Hiroshige and Daruma crossing the sea on
a sword by Kunisada (signed Hanabusa Itchô ga). Publisher: Tama-ya Sôsuke Date: 1858 Robinson: S95f.3 |
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Title: Harimaze
joruri kagami, Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga Format: Ôban
harimaze print Description: A harimaze
print is one that consists of several unrelated images on a single sheet of
paper. Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi Date: Robinson: Not listed NOTE: The
second frame from the right, in which a woman is looking down at a dog behind
her, is titled “Meiboku Sendaihagi”, a well-known joruri, and probably depicts the nanny Masaoka. I am grateful to Yasu Takano for this
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Format: Ôban
harimaze print Description: The oil thief by Kuniyoshi, Mt. Fuji seen over the
lake in Hakone by Hiroshige and an image by Kunisada Publisher: Ise-ya Kanekichi Date: Ninth month of 1858 Robinson: Not listed |
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Format: Ôban harimaze print Description:
Man carrying beggar across a stream finds that the latter is the Buddha in disguise
by Kuniyoshi, old lady serving tea by Hiroshige, and Prince Genji with a
beauty by Kunisada Publisher:
Ise-ya Kanekichi Date: 1858 Robinson:
Not listed Image courtesy of David
Hafer |
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Format: Ôban Title: Engraving of Yoshitsune’s heroes (Yoshitsune eiyû roku). Description: A group of twenty-three figures in all, on plain
blue ground, with Yoshitsune himself at the top and Benkei at the bottom, all
in armor except Shidzuka-gozen who holds a naginata Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô (越前屋平三郎 幕末) Date: c. 1840 Robinson: S95f.4 |
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Format: Ôban Title: Engraving of Heike’s Heroes (Heike eiyû roku) Description: Taira no Shigemori (on top) and the chief heroes
of the Taira Clan Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô (越前屋平三郎 幕末) Date: c. 1840 Robinson: S95f.4a |
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Format: Ôban Title: Engraving of Kusunoki’s Heroes (Kusunoki eiyû roku) Description: A group of Kusunoki Masashige and about twenty of
his retainers Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô (越前屋平三郎 幕末) Date: c. 1840 Robinson: S95f.4b |
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Format: Ôban Title: Heroes of Takeda Shingen’s Team (Koshu eiyu roku, Kai, also known as
Koshu, was the area ruled by Takeda) Description: The main figure at top center is labeled “Kai
Takeda Shingen ko”, indicating that the print depicts Takeda Daizen-no-daibu
Harunobu Nyudo Shingen with his retainers Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô (越前屋平三郎 幕末) Date: c. 1840 Robinson:
unlisted |
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Format: Ôban Title: Uesugi Kenshin’s Team (Echigo eiyu roku, Echigo was the region ruled by Uesugi) Description: Uesugi Danjô-no-taihitsu Terutora Nyûdô Kenshin
with large bamboo staff and his retainers Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô (越前屋平三郎 幕末) Date: c. 1840 Robinson: unlisted NOTE: I am grateful to Yasu Takano for the above information |
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Format: Ôban Title: Kiso’s Team Description: Kiso and his retainers Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô (越前屋平三郎 幕末) Date: c. 1840 Robinson: unlisted |
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Format: Set of ôban
prints which may form a polyptych Description: Each print represents a seated champion on the Takeda
side in the Kawanakajima campaign with biographical text above by Shôtei
Kinsui. The top of each print is
shaded off with Takeda mon
reserved. The print reproduced to the
left is Yamagata Saburohei Masakage with a huge iron club. Publisher: Tsu-Sawa Date: c. 1845 Robinson: S95f.5 |
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Another
state of the above print. The green
ground is missing, and the publisher’s seal (right lower corner) has been
changed to Ebisu-ya Shôshichi. |
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Format: Set of ôban
prints which may form a polyptych Description: Each print represents a seated champion on the
Takeda side in the Kawanakajima campaign with biographical text above by
Shôtei Kinsui. The top of each print
is shaded off with Takeda mon
reserved. The print reproduced to the
left is Kosaka Danjô-no-jô Masanobu, who fought with Odai Matarokuro against
Haunobu (Shingen) in 1544 but later joined the Takeda forces, seated with a
military armillary sphere behind him. Publisher: Tsu-Sawa Date: c. 1845 Robinson: S95f.5 |
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Format: Set of ôban
prints which may form a polyptych Description: Each print represents a seated champion on the
Takeda side in the Kawanakajima campaign with biographical text above by
Shôtei Kinsui. The top of each print
is shaded off with Takeda mon
reserved. The print reproduced to the
left is Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki Nyûdô Dôkisai, in monk’s helmet and robes,
seated on a tiger-skin, and holding a closed fan before his face. Publisher: This print may be found with either the seal of
the publisher Tsu-Sawa or the
publisher Ebisu-ya Shôshichi Date: c. 1845 Robinson: S95f.5 |
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Format:
Set of ôban prints which may form a
polyptych Description:
Each print represents a seated champion on the Takeda side in the
Kawanakajima campaign with biographical text above by Shôtei Kinsui. The top of each print is shaded off with
Takeda mon reserved. Publisher:
Tsu-Sawa Date: c.
1845 Robinson:
S95f.5 |
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Format:
Set of ôban prints which may form a
polyptych Description:
Each print represents a seated champion on the Takeda side in the
Kawanakajima campaign with biographical text above by Shôtei Kinsui. The top of each print is shaded off with
Takeda mon reserved. This print shows Takeda Hosshô-in Harunobu
Nyûdô Shingen with a fan and horned helmet Publisher:
Tsu-Sawa Date: c.
1845 Robinson:
S95f.5 |
“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.
