Stories of Courageous Generals of the Provinces of Echigo and Kai
(Kôetsu yûshô den, 甲越勇將傳)
Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô
c. 1848-1849
Takeda
Shingen of
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General:
Takeda Daizen-no-tayû Jugo-i-geken
Shinano no kami Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen (武田大膳大夫従五位下 兼信濃守晴信入道信玄) standing in full armor and shading his eyes with
his right hand Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 1 Robinson:
S63.1 |
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General:
Takeda Sama-no-suke Nobushige
(武田左馬之助信繁) helmetless, leaning on a
sword enveloped in a cloud of battle-smoke with grey face and blood issuing
from mouth Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: none Robinson:
S63.2 |
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Some, and possibly all, of
the designs in this series exist both with and without numbers. In this print, the number appears within a
circle near the middle of the right edge.
The numbered prints are slightly later than those that are unnumbered. |
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General:
The one-eyed general Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô Dôkisai Haruyuki (山本勘助入道道鬼蔡晴幸) badly wounded leaning on spear with one foot on a
severed head Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 3 Robinson:
S63.3 |
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General: Anayama Izu no Kami Nobuyoshi (穴山伊豆守信良) defying the Uesugi
troops on a breakwater of stones in basketwork Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 7 Robinson:
S63.4 |
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General: Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 10 Robinson:
S63.5 |
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General: Amari Saemon-no-jô Haruyoshi (甘利左門尉晴吉) helmetless with his
fallen horse holding an open black fan in his right hand and a spear in his
left Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 13 Robinson:
S63.6 |
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General: Oyamada Bitchû no Kami Masatatsu (小山田備中守昌辰) helmetless with a sword
in his hand defiantly facing a volley of musket fire Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 17 Robinson:
S63.7 |
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General: Ô
Hyôbu-shôyû Toramasa (飫富兵部少輔虎昌) mounted, grasping a spear and glaring downwards Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: none Robinson:
S63.8 |
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Title: Morozumi Bungo-no-kami Masakiyo, One of Three Heroic Deaths in General: Morozumi Bungo no Kami Masakiyo falling on his
sword with the point in his mouth as he is blown up by a landmine Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 23 Robinson:
S63.9 |
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General:
Obata Matabei Kuniharu (小幡又兵衛国晴) cutting off the head of a spear while he grasps a
standard in his left hand Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 21 Robinson:
S63.10 |
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General: Yamayoshi Gemba-no-jô Chikafusa (山吉玄蕃允親章) struggling through a barrier of tree branches Side:
Takeda Shingen Number on print: 10 Robinson: S63.10a |
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General: Kakizaki Izumi no Kami Kage-ie (柿崎和泉守景家) cutting off the corner of a tate (wooden shield) with a
stroke of his sword Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 13 Robinson:
S63.11 |
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General: Kurogane Kôzuke no Suke Hidetake (鉄上野介英武) holding his horse’s bridle and looking over his
shoulder Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 16 Robinson:
S63.12 |
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General: Uno Sama-no-suke Takamasa (宇野左馬介高政), amid flying arrows, grasping a standard whose streamers
half cover him Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 18 Robinson:
S63.13 |
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General:
Nagao Tôtômi-no Kami Fujikage (長尾遠江守勝景) holding a sword while entering the enemy’s tent Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 20 Robinson:
S63.14 |
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General:
Matsumoto Mokusuke (松本杢助) on one knee, having just discharged a large gun Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: none Robinson:
S63.15 |
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General: Onikojima Yatarô Torahide (鬼児嶋弥太郎虎秀) struggling with a section of fence Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 14 Robinson:
S63.16 |
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General: Usami Suruga no Kami Sadayuki (宇佐美駿河守定行), mounted on black horse deflecting a flying sword
with the shaft of his spear Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 8 Robinson:
S63.17 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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General: Honjô Echizen no Kami Shigenaga (本庄越前守繁長) defending himself with a shield against a shot Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 22 Robinson: S63.17a |
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General: Saitô Shimotsuke no Kami Tomonobu loading his
musket with a ramrod in his mouth Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 24 Robinson:
S63.18 |
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This
series is one of several designed by Kuniyoshi 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 are reproduced
below.
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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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