Stories of Remarkable Persons of Loyalty and High
Reputation
(Chûkô meiyo
kijin den, 忠孝名誉奇人伝)
Publisher: Ise-ya Ichibei or Enshû-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 (八町礫喜平次) and his wife Yatsuhiro at the attack on the Aso
family in Higo Robinson:
S35.1 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene: The
sculptor Hidari Jinjorô (左 甚五郎) with his sculptures of a dragon and two lions
coming to life Robinson:
S35.2 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene: The
courtesan Jigoku (地獄, meaning hell) enthroned under the patronage of the
priest Ikkyû Robinson:
S35.3 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Scene:
Kaji-jo (梶女) the poetess of the Gion district of Kyoto reclining and reading a letter Robinson:
S35.4 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene:
Kane-jo (兼女) carrying her washing tub with runaway horse and a
cowering groom in the background Robinson:
S35.5 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene: The
poetess Kikaku in a boat under a bridge during a shower of rain Robinson:
S35.6 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Scene:
Koshikibu-no-naishi (小式部内侍) with her servant at the Robinson:
S35.7 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene:
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵)
with two wooden swords, fencing with the old Master Tsukahara Bokuden who is
using two wooden pot lids Robinson:
S35.8 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene:
Oguri Hangwan Ujishige attended by Terute-hime and holding a vicious horse Robinson:
S35.9 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Scene: Ono
no Tôfû (Michikaze) learning perseverance from a frog climbing a willow
branch Robinson:
S35.10 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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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 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Scene:
Shidzuka-gozen (静御前) as a shirabyoshi
dancing on a veranda Robinson:
S35.12 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Another state of the above
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Scene:
poetess Shûshiki wearing her father’s overcoat in the rain Robinson:
S35.13 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene:
Sugimoto Sakubei, a retainer of Kusunoki, weeping before the latter’s son,
Masatsura Robinson:
S35.14 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene:
Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo (鎮西八郎爲朝) with a large improvised bow talking to a
fisher-girl while exiled in Ôshima Robinson:
S35.15 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Scene:
Yamamoto Kansuke (山本勘助) overcoming a giant boar in the snow Robinson:
S35.16 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Scene:
Princess Chujo (Chûjô-hime, 中将姫) seated watching a rainbow with a spinning wheel forming a halo
behind her head Robinson:
S35.17 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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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 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
“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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