Warrior triptychs
1818-1831
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The ghosts of Tomomori and the other Taira warriors slain at Dan-no-ura
attacking Yoshitsune and Benkei in their ship Publisher:
Adzuma-ya Daisuke Date: 1818 Robinson:
T1 NOTE: This
is generally considered to be Kuniyoshi’s earliest warrior triptych. |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The hero Raikô (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) in his sickness is tormented by the
Earth Spider, one of whose legs he has cut off, but it is replaced by a human
arm Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date:
c.1818-20. Robinson:
T1a NOTE: This
may be the left and middle sheets of a triptych |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Tadanobu in Yoshitsune’s armour, with his men,
fighting Yokogawa Kakuhan and his monks amid a flight of arrows in the snows
of Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kihei Date:
c.1820 Robinson:
T2 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Raikô’s retainers advancing on Kidô Maru, who raises his buffalo-hide
disguise Publisher:
Ise-ya Rihei Date: c.
1820 Robinson:
T3 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The Earth-Spider and his demons attacking the
sick Raikô and his retainers Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
c.1820 Robinson:
T4 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Ushiwaka Maru fighting Kumasaka Chôhan and his gang at the post station Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
c.1820 Robinson:
T5 NOTE:
These are two sheets from a triptych. |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Kuriu Sayemon, Hata Rokurozayemon, Shinodzuka Iga no Kami, and Watari
Shinzayemon, retainers of Nitta Yoshisada, breaking up a haunted temple Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date: c.
1820-1825 Robinson:
T6 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The Nuye, shot down in a swirling black cloud
by Gen Sammi Yorimasa, about to be dispatched by Ii no Hayata Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date: c.
1820-1825 Robinson:
T7 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 by I no
Hayata Hironoa. |
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Title: Hakone reigen izari no ada-uchi Description:
The revenge of Iinuma Katsugorô, with the apparition of his wife Hatsu-hana
in the waterfall Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date: c.
1825 Robinson:
T8 |
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Title: Yehon Gappôj tsuji Description:
Takahashi Kambô defending himself on a huge image against a swarm of
attackers Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kihei Date: c.
1825 Robinson:
T9 |
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Title: Kiyomori Nyûdô Nunobiki no taki yûran
Akugenda Yoshihira no rei Namba Jirô wo utsu Description:
The ghost of Akugenda Yoshihira striking down his killer, Namba Jirô, at the
Nunobiki waterfall before Kiyomori and his suite Publisher:
Ise-ya Sanjirô Date: c.
1825 Robinson:
T10 |
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Title: Chûshingura: gishi Takanawa hikitori no zu Description:
The Forty-seven Rônin, their task
accomplished, retire to Takanawa; their leader Yuranosuke interviewing a priest
of the temple (right) Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: 1827 Robinson:
T11 |
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Title: Chûishingura: yo-uchi no zu Description:
The night attack in the Chûishingura;
fight in the garden between the Forty-Seven Rônin and the retainers of Moronao, some of whom (left) are
defending their master’s hiding place Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: c.
1827-1830 Robinson:
T12 |
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Title: Chûshingura: yo-uchi no zu Description:
The night attack in the Chûshingura; the Forty-seven Rônin beginning to go over Moronao’s wall by rope ladders on
either side of the main gate Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: c.
1827-1830 Robinson:
T13 |
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Title: Chûshingura jûichi damme: Ryôgoku-bashi
sei-soroi zu Description:
Eleventh act of the Chûshingura: the Forty-seven Rônin assembled at sunrise in the snow at Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichiyemon Date: c.
1827-1830 Robinson:
T14 |
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Title: Chûshingura: gishi Ryôgoku-bashi hikitori
no zu Description:
The Forty-seven Rônin, having
crossed Ryôgoku ridge on their
triumphant return, are interviewed by a mounted official (right) Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichibei Date: c.
1827-1830 Robinson:
T15 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Preparations for the defense of the Horikawa Palace: Shidzuka-gozen is handed
a naginata by one of her maids,
while Tadanobu gets out his armor (left); Yoshitsune, armed with a naginata, hurries along the veranda (center);
and Benkei, grasping an iron club, gives directions (right) Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date: c.
1830 Robinson:
T16 |
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Title: Yashima ô-kassen Description:
Yoshitsune executing his ‘eight boat leap’ (hassô-tobi), cutting through a rudder and a wooden shield that
have been thrown at him Publisher:
Ise-ya Rihei Date: c.
1830 Robinson:
T17 NOTE: This
triptych is known with and without a black sky. |
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Title: Ujigawa kassen no zu (The Fording of
the Uji River) Description:
Takatsuna leading, followed by Kagesuye and Shigetada Publisher:
Yezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: c.
1831 Robinson:
T18 NOTE: This
triptych was reissued about 1845 with the seal of the censor, |
‘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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