Stories of A Hundred Heroes of High Renown, Part I
(Meikô hyaku yû den, 名高百勇伝)
Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei
1843-1844
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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: Mukwan-no-tayû Atsumori (無官大夫敦盛) in armor
playing a flute Robinson: S31.1 |
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Scene: Musashi-bô
Benkei (武蔵坊辨慶) seated, wearing
court robes over armor, having just written inscription dated 1184 on notice
board Robinson: S31.2 Image courtesy of Pierre Wijermans |
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Scene: Empress Jingô
Kôgô (神功后皇) robed and
seated on a rock with two jewels in a bowl on the rock’s summit Robinson: S31.3 |
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Scene: Kadzusa no
Shichibyôe Kagekiyo (上総七兵衛景清) wielding a
broken beam as he resists arrest Robinson: S31.4 |
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Another state of the above design |
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Scene: Kajiwara
Kagesue (梶原景季) seated looking
at a notebook with brush in hand and his armor standing behind Robinson: S31.5 |
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Scene: Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信) seated on a
stool in armor holding a general’s baton (sahai) Robinson: S31.6 |
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Scene: Sakata no
Kintoki (坂田金時) breaking two millstones
with his bare hands Robinson: S31.7 |
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Scene: Taira no
Kiyomori (平清盛) in later life
seated on a mat with a potted tree beside him Robinson: S31.8 |
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Scene: Suruga Jirô Kiyoshige (駿河次郎清繁) in armor with
a huge anchor Robinson: S31.9 |
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Scene: Kusunoki
Masashige (楠正成) in court
robes seated beside a celestial globe Robinson: S31.10 |
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Scene: Kamei Rokurô Shigekiyo (龜井六郎重清) in armor on
one knee examining his sword with arrows on the ground Robinson: S31.11 Image courtesy of Marie de Strycker |
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Scene: Taira no
Shigemori (平重盛) standing in
cap and full court robes Robinson: S31.12 |
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Scene: Hatakeyama
Shigetada (畠山重忠) seated on a
chest, a notebook on his knee and a brush in his hand, in full armor with a
helmet-crest of rabbit’s ears Robinson: S31.13 |
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Scene: Takeda
Shingen (武田信玄) seated on
stool in full armor with prayer beads and a war-fan Robinson: S31.14 |
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Scene: Satô Tadanobu
(佐藤忠信) in armor on
one knee putting on a greave (shin armor) with his helmet beside him Robinson: S31.15 |
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Scene: Sasaki
Takatsuna (佐々木高綱) wearing court
dress over amour, holding a closed fan before him Robinson: S31.16 |
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Scene: Takechi no Sukune (武内宿称) as old man in
court robes and Chinese collar seat on fur rug, his war-fan on a stand beside
him Robinson: S31.17 |
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Another state of the above design |
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Scene: Kataoka Hachirô Tameharu (片岡八郎為春) with a straw
coat over his armor holding his sword and a weighted chain Robinson: S31.18 |
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Scene: Chinzei
Hachirô Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) with a huge
rough bow, seated on a rock and shading his eyes Robinson: S31.19 |
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Another state of the above design |
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Scene: Soga Gorô Tokimune (五郎時致) feet planted
wide apart, glares ahead while grasping a very long sheathed sword Robinson: S31.20 |
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A later and greatly simplified printing of the above design |
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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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