Stories of One Hundred Heroes of High Renown,

Part II

Scene: Taira no Tomomori (平知盛), in a cap and court robes over armor, seated on a tiger skin with a sword rack made from red coral behind

Robinson: S31.21

Scene: Tomoe-jo (written on the print as Tomoe) in armor adjusting her hair before a large mirror

Robinson: S31.22

Scene: Watanabe no Tsuna seated in full court robes with offerings (gohei) behind him

Robinson: S31.23

Scene: Minamoto no Yorimasa standing in court robes and holding his bow

Robinson: S31.24

Scene: Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光), also known as Raikô, dancing bareheaded in wide court trousers

Robinson: S31.25

Scene: Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝) seated on a fur-covered stool holding a fan and wearing wide trousers

Robinson: S31.26

Scene: Asahina Yoshihide (朝夷義秀) in armor, a long sword (nodachi) slung on his back, holding a large iron club and the piece of armor he tore from Soga Gorô

Robinson: S31.27

Scene: Genda Yoshihira bareheaded and armored holding a sword in his right hand and gesturing with his left

Robinson: S31.28

Scene: Minamoto no Yoshi-ie (源義家), bareheaded in court robes, holding a bow and fan looking at an arrow stuck in the ground

Robinson: S31.29

This is another example of the above print. The red and yellow inks are faded, as can be seen in the title cartouche and fan, respectively. The outer kimono is dark blue instead of purple because the rich purple color was probably achieved by printing red ink over blue.

Yet another state of the above design

Scene: Ise Saburô Yoshimori seated on a rock with a huge axe

Robinson: S31.30

Scene: Minamoto no Yoshinaka seated on a tiger-skin in full armor with surcoat, holding a general's baton and his helmet on a stand behind

Robinson: S31.31

Scene: Nitta Yoshisada (新田義貞) seated on a tiger-skin playing a small drum

Robinson: S31.32

Scene: Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada in hunting dress holding a bow and raising his hat

Robinson: S31.33

Scene: Minamoto no Yoshitomo seated on a stool in full armor with a cup of sake in his hand

Robinson: S31.34

Scene: Minamoto no Yoshitsune in full armor and surcoat seated on a tiger-skin with his hand on an armrest

Robinson: S31.35

Scene: Kumagaya Naozane (熊谷直實) seated in armor with Atsumori’s flute before him

Robinson: S31.36

Scene: Wada Yoshimori seated in court robes over armor

Robinson: unlisted

This series is one of several of Kuniyoshi’s that are similar in appearance, having a single full-length figure on a more-or-less plane background with a descriptive text above. While some of these have the series title in distinctively shaped cartouches, several have the series titles in vertical red cartouches with convex tops and concave bottoms. This latter group of title cartouches is reproduced below.

	Series title in Japanese: Meikô hyaku yû den Series title in English: Stories of 100 Heroes of High Renown: Robinson: S31
	Series title in Japanese: Seichû gishi den Series title in English: Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai Robinson: S54, except S54.38 and some copies of S54.39
	Series title in Japanese: Seichû gishi den no okori Series title in English: Origins of Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai Robinson: S54.38 and some copies of S54.39
	Series title in Japanese: Seichû gishi hottan Series title in English: Origins of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai Robinson: S55
	Series title in Japanese: Seichû gishin den Series title in English: Stories of Faithful Hearts and True Loyalty Robinson: S56
	Series title in Japanese: Kôetsu yûshô den Series title in English: Stories of Courageous Generals of the Provinces of Echigo and Kai Robinson: S63

“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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