Set of Kintarô
(Kintarô dzukushi)
Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke
c. 1840
The
name Kintarô literally means Golden Boy.
He was the son of Princess Yaegiri. Kintarô lived alone in the woods where he
talked to the animals. He was so strong
that he could bend trees like twigs and vanquished various monsters. When he grew up, Kintarô joined with the hero
Raikô (Minamoto no Yorimitsu)
and became a famous warrior himself.
Kintarô is also known as Kwaidô Maru and as an adult was called Sakata no Kintoki. The prints
in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size
known as ôban.
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Subtitle:
Imitation of Kwanu (Kwanu
mitate) Scene: Kintarô
seated proudly on a rock with two attendant demons behind him Robinson:
S12.1 |
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Subtitle:
Picture of Sagami (Sagami no zu) Scene:
Kintarô, as a child in Robinson:
S12.2 NOTE: Tengu are forest-dwelling creatures
that are either human-like with wings and long noses or bird-like. |
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Subtitle:
Kintarô and the Demons at Ogres’ Scene:
Kintarô holding an axe is sitting in a portable shrine which is carried on
the shoulders of demons wearing festival clothing Robinson: Unlisted |
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Subtitle:
Kintarô as Yoshitoshi Scene: Kintarô throwing beans at a small demon Robinson: Unlisted Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei NOTE: This
print has a different publisher and a slightly different title from the others
in the series. |
‘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listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
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