Suikoden of Japanese Heroes
(Eiyû Yamato
Suikoden, 英雄日本水滸伝)
Publisher: Kujioka-ya Keijirô
c. 1843
The prints in this series are each about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban.
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Scene:
[Uesugi] Kenshin (越後謙信) of Echigo standing in armor and holding a
general’s baton (saihai) Robinson:
S24.1 |
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Scene:
Endô Musha Moritô on the roof with a drawn sword looking at the severed head
of Kesa-gozen Robinson:
S24.2 |
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Scene:
Ogata Shuma (later Jiraiya) raising his sword to kill a python attacking a
large toad Robinson:
S24.3 |
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Scene:
Ômori Hikoshichi carrying the demon-woman and drawing his dirk as he sees her
shadow below Robinson:
S24.4 |
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Scene:
O-Kane (Kane-jo), A strong woman from Robinson:
S24.5 |
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Scene:
[Takeda] Shingen (甲斐信玄) of Kai seated, armored and robed, holding out his
hand in a Buddhist gesture Robinson:
S24.6 |
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Scene: Takagi
Oriemon carrying a huge bell and seizing a man by the collar Robinson:
S24.7 |
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Scene:
Hakamadare no Yasusuke standing in rising waves making a magical gesture with
his hands Robinson:
S24.8 |
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Scene:
Tawara Tôda Hidesato in court robes grasping his bow, and defying a monstrous
serpent on Seta bridge Robinson:
S24.9 |
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Scene:
Kashiwade no Hadesu (柏手婆提蘓) wearing the mon
of Katô Kiyomasa and fighting the Korean tiger that had devoured the former’s
daughter Robinson:
S24.10 |
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Scene:
Masaki Daizen (正木大膳) stemming a flood single-handedly Robinson:
S24.11 |
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Scene:
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四) overcoming a “mountain shark” (yamazame) where the provinces of
Echizen, Robinson:
S24.12 |
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I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this alternate state of the above design |
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Scene: Oki
Jirozaemon-no-jô Hiroari subduing a monstrous bird that haunted the Robinson:
S24.13 |
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Scene: The
murder of Prince Ôto-no-miya (Morinaga Shinno) by Fuchibe Yoshihiro in 1335 Robinson:
S24.14 |
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Scene:
Prince Rokuson-ô Tsunemoto-kô (六孫王経基公) overcoming a giant stag in the palace precincts Robinson:
S24.15 |
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Scene:
Satô Tadanobu with one foot on a go board is
preparing to resist arrest Robinson:
S24.16 |
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Scene:
Shidzuka-gozen on the balcony of the Robinson:
S24.17 |
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Scene:
Soga no Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致) with his foot on a fallen opponent is about to be
tripped up by Gorô-maru who is sneaking up behind him Robinson:
S24.18 |
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Scene: The
female warrios Tomoe-gozen at the Robinson:
S24.19 |
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Scene:
Washinowo Saburô (Washio Saburô) killing a huge wild boar with his bare hands Robinson:
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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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