Twenty-four Generals of Eastern Kai Province, One by One

(Kôyô nijûshi shô no hitori, 甲陽二十四將之一個)

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

1853

Takeda Shingen of Kai Province conquered Shinano Province in 1547, expelling Murakami Yoshiharu and Ogasawara Nagatoki, who turned to Uyesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province for help. A series of battles between the forces of Takeda Shingen and the forces of Uyesugi Kenshin were fought on the plain of Kawanakajima in the northern Shinano Province near the modern-day city of Nagano. The five major battles took place in 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561 and 1564. Although the number of prints in this series is unknown, the Kai generals were Hosshô-in Shingen Daikôji, Akiyama Hôki no Kami, Amari Sayemon, Anayama Baisetsu, Baba Mino no Kami, Hara Hayato-no-shô, Hara Mino no Kami, Kosaka Danjô, Morozumi Bungo no Kami, Mutô Kihei, Naitô Shuri-no-suke, Obata Kadzusa no Kami, Obata Yamashiro Nyûdô, Oyamada Hyôbu-no-jô, Saigusa Kageyu, Sanada Genda Sayemon, Sanada Hyôbu-no-jô, Sone Shimotsuke, Tada Awaji no Kami, Takeda Shirô Katsuyori, Takeda Shôyôken, Tsuchiya Uyemon, Yamagata Saburohei, Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô and Yokota Bitchû no Kami. The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	General: Takeda Daizendayû Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen seated in voluminous robes and a helmet decorated with demon’s horns and a white mane Robinson: S82.1
	Another state of the above print
	General: Takeda Sama-no-suke Nobushige seated wearing a court cap and adjusting his armor Robinson: S82.2
	General: Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki on one knee with his face in profile Robinson: S82.3
	General: Yamagata Saburohei Masakage (山縣三郎兵衛昌景) adjusting his gauntlet (armored glove) with his spear resting in a hook on his belt Robinson: S82.4
	General: Naitô Shuri Masatoyo (内藤修理昌豊) kneeling with his helmet in front of him, adjusting his amour at the shoulder, a large banner behind Robinson: S82.5
	General: Hara Hayato Masakatsu (原隼人昌勝) tightening his back-strap Robinson: S82.6
	General: A back view of Oyamada Bitchû no Kami Masatatsu (小山田備t中守昌辰) in full armor grasping his spear Robinson: S82.7
	Another state of the above design
	General: Imafuku Zenkurô Katsutada (今福善九郎伊尹) tying on his face-guard (mempô) Robinson: S82.8
	Another state of the above design
	General: Kosaka Danjô Robinson: Unlisted
	General: Anayama Idzu no Kami Nobuyoshi (穴山伊豆守良信) Robinson: Unlisted
	Another state of the above design

“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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