Stories of Dutifulness and Loyalty in Revenge

(Kataki- [or Ada-] uchi chûkô den, 仇撃忠孝傳 and 報讐忠孝傳)

Publisher: Yahata-ya Sakujirô

c. 1847-1848

The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Scene: Chusetsu Hatsujo (忠節はつ女) standing with a partially open umbrella and a bag containing the severed head of Tsubone Iwafuji tied around her waist in a scene from the kabuki play Kagamiyama Robinson: S53.1
	Scene: Iinuma Katsugorô (飯沼勝五郎) gesturing with his sword, leaning back on the wheeled cart on which, while crippled by illness, he was dragged by his faithful wife Hatsuhana Robinson: S53.2
	Scene: Ishii Hanzô (石井半藏) on one knee grasping his sword with a petition in the bosom of his kimono Robinson: S53.3
	Scene: Keyamura Kida Rokusuke (毛谷村 貴田六助) raising his sword with both hands in preparation for a strike Robinson: S53.4
	Scene: Kojo Miyagino (孝女 宮城野) on one knee with a naginata (pole arm) in one hand and a sake cup in her other Robinson: S53.5
	Scene: Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武藏) using two sticks to practice nitô-ryû (a style of fencing with two swords) Robinson: S53.6
	Scene: Takahashi Gappô (高橋合邦) spattered with blood and resting one hand on a sword in the ground while drinking from a dipper Robinson: S53.7
	Scene: Watanabe Shidzuma (渡部志津馬) in a black kimono wiping his sword with a straw sandal Robinson: S53.8

“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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