Stories of Strength, In Order
(Retsu mô den)
Publisher: Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô
1845 and 1855
The prints in this series are
approximately 20 by 8 inches (50 by 20 centimeters), a size known either as nagaban or as chôban.
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Scene:
Hako-ô Maru (Soga Gorô in boyhood) writing on a rock and holding up a statue
of the god Fudô with one hand Date: 1855 Robinson:
S48.1 |
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Scene:
Ashigara Kintarô seated naked playing with a bear cub Date: 1855 Robinson:
S48.2 |
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Scene:
Miyamoto Musashi warming his hands by a smoking fire of brushwood Date: 1845 Robinson:
S48.3 |
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Scene:
O-Kane (Kane-jo) the strong woman of Date: Robinson:
S48.4 |
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Scene:
Shôbutsu Maru (the young Benkei) holding a bamboo pole from which various
weapons project Date: 1855 Robinson:
S48.5 |
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Scene: Gen
Sammi Yorimasa shooting at the monstrous nuye
which is not shown Date: 1845 Robinson:
S48.6 NOTE: The Nuye was a beast with the head of a
monkey, the claws of a tiger, the back of a badger and a snake for a
tail. It spent its nights on the roof
of the Emperor’s palace, causing him grave illness until it was slain. |
‘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listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
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