Stories of Remarkable Persons of Loyalty and High
Reputation
(Chûkô meiyo kijin den)
Publisher: Ise-Ichi or Yenshû-ya Matabei
1845
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: Hatchô-tsubote Kiheiji and his
wife Yatsuhiro at the attack on the Aso family in Higo Robinson:
S35.1 |
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Scene: The
sculptor Hidari Jinjorô
with his sculptures of a dragon and two lions coming to life Robinson:
S35.2 |
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Scene: the
courtesan Jigoku (meaning hell) enthroned under the
patronage of the priest Ikkyû Robinson:
S35.3 |
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Scene: Kaji-jo the poetress of the Gion district of Kyoto
reclining and reading a letter Robinson:
S35.4 |
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Scene: Kane-jo carrying her washing tub with runaway horse in
background Robinson:
S35.5 |
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Scene: The
poetess Kikaku in a boat under a bridge during a
shower of rain Robinson:
S35.6 |
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Scene: Koshikibu-no-naishi with her servant at the Robinson:
S35.7 |
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Scene:
Miyamoto Musashi with two wooden swords, fencing
with the old Master Tsukahara Bokuden
who is using two wooden pot lids Robinson:
S35.8 |
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Scene: Oguri Hangwan Ujishige attended by Terute-hime
and holding a vicious horse Robinson:
S35.9 |
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Scene: Ono
no Tôfû (Michikaze)
learning perseverance from a frog climbing a willow branch Robinson:
S35.10 |
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Scene: Settsu
no Zenji (Hirai) Yasumasa
playing a flute on a moonlit night while the robber Hakamadare
Yasusuke approaches Robinson:
S35.11 |
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Scene: Shidzuka-gozen as a
shirabyoshi
dancing on a veranda Robinson:
S35.12 I am grateful to Ward Pieters
for locating this image. |
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Scene: poetess
Shûshiki wearing her father’s overcoat in the rain Robinson:
S35.13 |
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Scene:
Sugimoto Sakubei, a retainer of Kusunoki,
weeping before the latter’s son, Masatsura Robinson:
S35.14 |
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Scene: Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo with a
large improvised bow talking to a fisher-girl while exiled in Ôshima Robinson:
S35.15 |
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Scene:
Yamamoto Kansuke overcoming a giant boar in the
snow Robinson:
S35.16 |
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Scene: Chûjô-hime seated watching a rainbow with a spinning
wheel forming a halo behind her head Robinson:
S35.17 |
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Scene:
Shijô Dainagon on the rail of a veranda with a ball
above him and a flight of wild geese Robinson:
S35.18 |
‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
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