Warrior triptychs
1832-1838
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Title: Yamashiro no kuni Kasagi ishi-iye kassen no zu Description:
Defence of attackers Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kiyemon Date: c.
1832 Robinson:
T19 |
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Title: Kuramayama no zu Description:
Ushiwaka Maru practicing
fencing with the tengu under the
direction of Sôjô-bô with Kisanda
in attendance Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: c.
1832 Robinson:
T20 |
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Title: Ôyeyama Shuten-dôji shûzui no zu Description:
The drinking bout of Raikô and his retainers with
the Shuten-dôji in the latter’s palace on Publisher:
Daikoku-ya Heikichi Date: c.
1832 Robinson:
T21 |
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Title: Nitta Ashikaga ô-watashi
ô-kassen Description:
Nitta Yoshisada and his troops swimming across a
river (probably the Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date:
c.1832 Robinson:
T22 NOTE: This
is the right-hand sheet of a triptych |
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Title: Gyakushin Masakado wa Rokurô
Kintsura ga isame no etc. Description:
Musashi Gorô Sadayo striking Rokurô Kintsura with his fan before the latter’s brother Masakado Publisher:
Akamatsu-ya Shôtarô Date: c.
1833-1834 Robinson:
T23 |
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This is an altered version of
the above triptych to depict a scene from an 1843 production of the kabuki play ‘Samidare’
(Rain in the Fifth Month). The actors
from left to right are Bandô Mitsugorô IV as
Takechi Mitsuhide, Iwai Hanshirô VI and Sawamura Tosshô I (Sawamura Sôjûrô V). Publisher:
Akamatsu-ya Shôtarô Date: 1834 |
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Title: Shimotsuke no kuni Nasu no hara kimmô hakumen kyûbi no akko taiji no zu Description:
The Nine-tailed Fox slain on Nasu moor by Miura-no-suke Tsunetane and Kadzusa no Suke Hirotsune Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1834 Robinson:
T24 |
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Title: Yoshinaka hata-age kassen
no zu Description:
The first battle at the erecting of Yoshinaka’s
standard in Shinano (1180): Jô
Shirô Nagamochi on
horseback(left) cutting at Tayû-bô Kakumei (center), and Tomoye-gozen
killing Kurotsuka Hachirô
(right) Publisher:
Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) Date: c.
1834 Robinson:
T25 NOTE: This
triptych was reissued in 1845 with numerous alterations as T160. The title was changed to Takeda Uyesugi
Kawanakajima ô-kassen no zu, Nagamochi became Uyesugi Kenshin, Tayû-bô became Takeda Shingen and the right hand sheet blocks were recut to
eliminate Tomoye-gozen. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Yengen gwan-nen go-gwatsu nijûgo-nichi Minatogawa ô-kassen Description:
The battle of the Minatogawa on July 4, 1336:
fighting on a hill with the Ashikaga fleet approaching in the distance Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kiyemon Date: c.
1834 Robinson:
T26 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Raikô cutting off the head of the monster Shuten Dôji, which springs in
the air. Raikô’s
four chief retainers (shitennô)
are shown, left to right, Usui Sadamitsu,
Sakata no Kintoki, Hirai Yasumasa,
Urabe Suyetake, and Genji Tsuna
(killing a demon) Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date:
c.1835 Robinson: T26a |
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Title: Kanshin mata-kuguri no zu (The Humility of Kanshin) Description: Kanshin
crawling between the legs of a fisherman, to the amusement of the latter’s
companions Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1835 (later printing, c. 1843 with the seal of the censor, Tanaka). Robinson:
T27 |
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This is another state of
the above print with different text. |
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Title: Sanada no Yoichi Yoshihisa: Matano
no Gorô Kagehisa: Sanada no Yoichi wa kokon ni hiideshi
wakamusha etc. Description:
Struggle between Yoshihisa and Kagehisa at the
Battle of Ishibashiyama in 1180 Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1835 Robinson:
T28 NOTE: The
name ‘Yoshihisa’ was erroneously substituted for ‘Yoshitada’. |
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Title: Igagoye kataki-uchi no zu (The Igagoye Revenge) Description:
Karaki Masayemon (center)
fighting against superior forces; Busuke and Magohachi defending a bridge (right); spectators in the
background Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date:
c.1835 Robinson:
T29 NOTE: The
left and middle sheets of a triptych are illustrated. Note Kuniyoshi’s signature, the censor’s
seal, and the publisher’s seal on the wooden post. |
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Title: Description:
Ise no Kami Yoshitsune and
his retainer Kumai Tarô preparing to defend Horikawa Palace against the attack of Tosa-bô
Shôshun and his men, who are seen approaching in
the background. Publisher:
not indicated on the one sheet seen by Robinson Date:
c.1835 Robinson: T29a NOTE: This
is the right-hand sheet of a triptych |
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Title: Higo no kuni Midzumata no kaijô nite Tametomo nampû chii etc. Description:
Tarnetomo’s ship wrecked in a storm by a dragon in
the clouds and a great fish with tengu
flying to the rescue Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T30 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Asahina Saburô on the
seashore with a group of strange inhabitants of foreign lands Publisher:
Maru-ya Seijirô Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T31 |
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Title: Yoshitsune no jûku-shin Description:
Yoshitsune and his nineteen chief retainers in a ship Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T32 NOTE: This
triptych is very similar to T319 from 1855. |
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Title: Miyamoto Musashi
Shirakura ka dokushu no
etc. Description:
Miyamoto Musashi bursting out of the bathhouse, to
the consternation of Shirakura Gengoyemon,
his wife, and followers, who had intended to boil him alive there Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T33 NOTE: The
signature reads ‘Chô-ô-rô Kuniyoshi ga’. |
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Title: Kusunoki Masashige no
shin Tsujikaze Itamochi
no ryô-yûshi Fujiidera no
kassen ni Kazu-uji wo ikedokoro zu Description:
The Battle of Fujiidera
in driving rain: Kazu-uji and Moronao,
the Ashikaga generals, seized by the Kusunoki
(1348) Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T34 |
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Title: Kenkyû yo-nen go-gwatsu nijûhachi-nichi Fuji no Susono Soga kyôdai yo-uchi hommô no zu Description:
The Soga brothers knocking over foe in the camp enclosure after killing Suketsune (June 28, 1193) Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T35 |
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Title: Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo Ômori to Suzu-no-mori no
etc. Description:
The three Hakkenden
heroes Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo,
Inuda Kobungo and Inukawa Shôsuke Yoshitomo
engaged in a running fight with numerous opponents; Mount Fuji behind Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T36 |
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No image available Title: Nitta Yoshisada
Ashikaga Taka-uji ô-kassen Description:
The great battle (probably of Hyogo in 1335) between Nitta Yoshisada and Ashikaga Taka-uji:
a geneal melee, with Shinodzuka
Iga no Kami grappling
with Satô Tôtômi no Kami (left) Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kiyemon Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T37 |
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Title: Gempei kassen: Settsu Banshû
no Description:
Publisher:
Maru-ya Seijirô Date: c.
1836 Robinson:
T38 |
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Title: Dzushû Ishibashiyama Tobi-no-gake ni Minamoto no Yoritomo seijû shichi-ki gaboku ni naka ni
kakure zu Description:
The Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180) in the rain,
showing Yoritomo and his seven companions hiding in
the hollow tree, and the combat of Kagehisa with Yoshisada Publisher:
Yebi-ya Rinnosuke (Ebi-ya Rinnosuke) Date:
c.1836 Robinson:
T39 |
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Title: Akasaka no shuku nite Ushiwaka Maru gôtô wo
kiru Description:
Ushiwaka fighting Chôhan
and his gang at the post station Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
c.1836 Robinson:
T40 |
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Title: Hakkenden no uchi: Hôryûkaku Description:
Inudzuka Shino at bay on the Hôryûkaku
roof against Inukai Kempachi
and his men, a favorite episode from the Hakkenden Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1836-1837 Robinson:
T41 |
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Title: Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo shujin Orima-uji no kataki isoko no etc. Description:
Battle from the Hakkenden
with a burning castle in the distance; Inukai Kempachi and Inumura Daikaku in white coats; Inuyama
Dôsetsu and Inudzuka
Shino in armor Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1836-1837 Robinson:
T42 |
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Title: Description:
The battle of Kurikaradani (1183) by moonlight: Tomoye-gozen heaving a rock upon foemen clinging to a
steep bank (left), Kiso Yoshinaka
grappled with Mikawa no Kami
Tomonori (center), and warriors fighting on a road (right) Publisher:
No seal Date: c.
1837-1838 Robinson:
T43 |
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Title: Minamoto no Raikô
jôraku Sagami no kuni Ashigarayama ni etc. Description:
Genji Tsuna watches Kwaidô
Maru knocking a bear cub over a precipice; the
latter’s mother Yarna-uba (left) is also present Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Hikotarô Date: c.
1837-1838 Robinson:
T44 |
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Title: Udaishô Yoritomo-kô
Heike tsuitô to shite
etc. Description:
Reception of Yoshitsune and Noriyori by Yoritomo and his assembled nobles after their victory
over the Taira Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1837-1838 Robinson:
T45 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu
no Shitennô tsuchigumo taiji no zu Description:
Raikô’s retainers about to kill the Earth-Spider in
the midst of its web Publisher:
Maru-ya Seijirô Date: c.
1838 Robinson:
T46 |
‘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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