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
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 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 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 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 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 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 (武内宿禰) 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
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Scene: Kataoka Hachirô Tameharu 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 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 |
“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.
