Six Select Heroes

(Eiyû rokkasen)

Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô

1853

The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Scene: Baba Mino no Kami Nobufusa kneeling in full armor on a river bank tying his sandals Robinson: S81.1
	This is another state of the above print.
	Scene: Kusunoki Masatsura making his last stand at Shijô-nawate with a river in the background Robinson: S81.2
	Scene: Nitta Sachûjô Yoshisada seated in full armor on a stool with a dark mountain behind him Robinson: S81.3
	Scene: Onchi Sakon Mitsukazu black armor making a sword stroke with a waterfall behind him Robinson: S81.4
	Scene: A back view of Onikojima Yatarô Kazutada in armor holding a spear and a severed head Robinson: S81.5
	Scene: Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô Dôkisai mortally wounded holding his bloody spear and a severed head Robinson: S81.6
	Another state of the above print (note foreground color)

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in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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