Selection of Six Men of Wisdom and Courage

(Chiyû rokkasen, 智勇六佳選)

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô

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 (源三位頼政) standing in court robes and half-armor grasping his bow Robinson: S67.1
	A later printing of the above design with slightly different colors and a lack of subtlety
	Description: Hachimantarô Minarnoto no Yoshi-ie (八幡太郎) seated on a tiger skin, holding an open fan Robinson: S67.2
	Another state of the above print
	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 (巨田持資入道源道潅) seated in riding dress with a closed fan Robinson: S67.4
	Description: Satsuma no Kami Taira no Tadanori (薩摩守平忠度) in court dress over armor, seated on a tiger skin, writing Robinson: S67.5
	Description: Udaishô Minamoto no Yoritomo-kyô (右大將源頼朝卿) 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 privately published supplement.

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