Suikoden of Japanese Heroes

(Yeiyû Yamato Suikoden)

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.

No image available	Scene: (Uyesugi) Kenshin of Echigo standing in armor and holding a general's baton (saihai) Robinson: S24.1
	Scene: Yendô Musha Moritô on the roof with a drawn sword looking at the severed head of Kesa-gozen Robinson: S24.2
	Scene: Ogata Shuma (later Jiraiya) raising his sword to kill a python attacking a large toad Robinson: S24.3
No image available	Scene: Ômori Hikoshichi carrying the demon-woman and drawing his dirk as he sees her shadow below Robinson: S24.4
No image available	Scene: O-Kane (Kane-jo), A strong woman from Ômi Province holding the runaway temple horse under control Robinson: S24.5
No image available	Scene: (Takeda) Shingen of Kai seated, armored and robed, holding out his hand in a Buddhist gesture Robinson: S24.6
No image available	Scene: Takagi Oriyemon carrying a huge bell and seizing a man by the collar Robinson: S24.7
	Scene: Hakamadare no Yasusuke standing in rising waves making a magical gesture with his hands Robinson: S24.8
No image available	Scene: Tawara Tôda Hidesato in court robes grasping his bow, and defying a monstrous serpent (or centipede) on Seta bridge Robinson: S24.9
	Scene: Kashiwade no Hadesu wearing the mon of Katô Kiyomasa and fighting the Korean tiger that had devoured the former’s daughter Robinson: S24.10
No image available	Scene: Masaki Daizen stemming a flood single-handedly Robinson: S24.11
No image available	Scene: Miyamoto Musashi overcoming a "mountain shark" (yamazame) Robinson: S24.12
No image available	Scene: Oki Jirozayemon-no-jô Hiroari subduing a monstrous bird that haunted the Imperial Palace Robinson: S24.13
No image available	Scene: The murder of Prince Ôto-no-miya (Morinaga Shinno) by Fuchibe Yoshihiro in 1335 Robinson: S24.14
No image available	Scene: Rokuson-ô Tsunemoto-kô overcoming a giant stag in the palace precincts Robinson: S24.15
No image available	Scene: Satô Tadanobu with one foot on a go board is preparing to resist arrest Robinson: S24.16
No image available	Scene: Shidzuka-gozen on the balcony of the Horikawa Palace armed with a naginata and observing the approach of Tosa-bô Shôshun and his men Robinson: S24.17
No image available	Scene: Soga no Gorô Tokimune 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
No image available	Scene: The female warrios Tomoye-gozen at the Battle of Awadzuga-hara Robinson: S24.19
	Scene: Washinowo Saburô (Washio Saburô) killing a huge wild boar with his bare hands Robinson: unlisted

‘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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