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.

 

Description: Gen Sammi Yorimasa standing in court robes and half-armor grasping his bow

Robinson: S67.1

 

Description: Hachimantarô Minarnoto no Yoshi-iye seated on a tiger skin, holding an open fan

Robinson: S67.2

 

Description: Kajiwara Genda Taira no Kagesuye seated in court dress over armor holding a fan

Robinson: S67.3

 

Description: Oda Mochisuke Nyûdô Minamoto no Dôkwan seated in riding dress with a closed fan

Robinson: S67.4

 

Description: Satsuma no Kami Taira no Tadanori in court dress over armor, seated on a tiger skin, writing

Robinson: S67.5

 

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listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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