Six Select Heroes
(Eiyû rokkasen, 英雄六家撰)
Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô
1853
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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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Scene: Baba Mino no
Kami Nobufusa (馬場実濃守信房) kneeling in full
armor on a river bank tying his sandals Robinson: S81.1 |
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Another state of the above print |
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Yet another state published by Izumi-ya
Ichibei with a seal reading Shinmeima
Sen’ichi han (神明前 泉市板):
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Scene: Kusunoki Masatsura (楠正行) making his
last stand at Shijô-nawate with a river in the background Robinson: S81.2 |
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Scene: Nitta Sachûjô Yoshisada (新田左中蒋義貞) seated in
full armor on a stool with a dark mountain behind him Robinson: S81.3 |
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Scene: Onchi Sakon Mitsukazu
(恩地左近満一) black armor
making a sword stroke with a waterfall behind him Robinson: S81.4 |
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Scene: A back view
of Onikojima Yatarô Kazutada (鬼小嶋弥太一忠) in armor
holding a spear and a severed head Robinson: S81.5 |
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Scene: Yamamoto Kansuke
Nyûdô Dôkisai (山本勘介入道鬼) mortally
wounded holding his bloody spear and a severed head Robinson: S81.6 |
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Another state of the above print |
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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. CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN
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