Set of Famous Leading Heroes
(Nagashira eiyû soroi, 名頭英雄揃)
1856
The prints in this series are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
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Hero: Asahina Saburô Yoshihide breaking down the gate Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Robinson:
S89.1 |
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Hero: Gen Sarnmi Yorimasa, attended by I
no Hayata, taking aim at the nuye above the Publisher:
Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô Robinson:
S89.2 NOTE: The nuye was a
beast with the head of a monkey, the claws of a tiger, the back of a badger
and a snake for a tail. It spent its
nights on the roof of the Emperor’s palace, causing him grave illness until
it was slain by I no Hayata Hironoa. |
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Hero: Hôzô-in Kakuzen seated on a
river-bank by moonlight holding a spear with an owl in a pine tree beside him Publisher:
Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô Robinson:
S89.3 |
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Hero: The
robber chief Kumasaka Chôhan
receiving a cup of sake from one of
his men while another keeps watch in a tree Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Robinson:
S89.4 |
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Hero: Miyamoto Musashi defeating his enemy
Sasaki Ganryû on the seashore using only two sticks
against Ganryû’s sword Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô Robinson:
S89.5 |
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Hero:
Nitta Shirô Tadatsune
killing the monstrous wild boar during Yoritomo’s
hunting party on the moor below Publisher:
Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô Robinson:
S89.6 |
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Hero: Sasaki
Saburô Moritsuna (佐々木三郎盛綱) in armor with a court cap on a rock above the Publisher:
Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô Robinson:
S89.7 |
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Another state of the above
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Hero: Satô Tadanobu wearing Yoshitsune’s
armor leaping down on Yokogawa Kakuhan from the
snow-covered roof of the Publisher:
Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô Robinson:
S89.8 |
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Hero: Ushiwaka Maru and Benkei on Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô Robinson:
S89.9 |
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Hero: Hero
battling ruffians with a phoenix bird (howo) above Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Robinson:
not listed |
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Hero: A
young Soga Gorô Tokimune
praying to Fudô Myô-ô Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Robinson:
not listed |
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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.
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