Selection of Six Men of Wisdom and Courage
(Chiyû rokkasen)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô)
c. 1850
The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this series.
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Description:
Gen Sammi Yorimasa
standing in court robes and half-armor grasping his bow Robinson:
S67.1 |
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Description:
Hachimantarô Minarnoto no
Yoshi-iye seated on a tiger skin, holding an open
fan Robinson: S67.2 |
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Description:
Kajiwara Genda Taira no Kagesuye seated in court dress over armor holding a fan Robinson:
S67.3 |
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Description:
Oda Mochisuke Nyûdô Minamoto no Dôkwan seated
in riding dress with a closed fan Robinson:
S67.4 |
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Description:
Satsuma no Kami Taira no Tadanori in court dress
over armor, seated on a tiger skin, writing Robinson:
S67.5 |
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Description:
Udaishô Minamoto no Yoritomo-kyô
seated in court dress holding a fan Robinson:
S67.6 |
‘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listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
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