Stories of Chivalrous Persons of Loyalty and Courage
(Kyôkaku giyű den, 俠客義勇傅)
Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô
1851
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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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Chivalrous
person: Goshaku Somegorô
(五尺染五郎) eating a live
snake with a huge bowl of hot sake
in his left hand and a dead cat on a dish before him. This unpleasant meal was offered him by the
evil Dairoku, whom he subsequently killed. Robinson: S70.1 |
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Chivalrous
person: Hotei Ichiyemon (布袋市右衛門), half-naked
and tattooed, with both arms out flung in front of a drying fishing net Robinson: S70.2 |
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Chivalrous
person: Uji Tsuneyori (宇治常在) was a sumô wrestler who was attacked by a
giant snake while he was walking along a riverbank Robinson: not listed |
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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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