Warrior triptychs
1839-1841, Part I
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Title: Yoshitsune ichidaiki: Gojô-bashi no zu
(The Biography of Yoshitsune: Gojo bridge, 義経一代記五条ノ橋之圖) Description:
The moonlight fight between Yoshitsune and Benkei on Gojô bridge in Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Hikotarô Date: c.
1839 Robinson:
T47 |
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Title: Description:
Battle outside a castle, with Shinodzuka Iga no Kami clutching a beam, and
Kuriu Sayemon-no-jô beside him Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date: c.
1839 Robinson:
T47a |
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Title: Mitate
musha rokkasen (Group of Six Choice
Warrior-poets) Description:
Gen Sammi Yorimasa, Satsuma no Kami Tadanori, Kenrei-monin, Udaijin Sanetomo,
Udaishô Yoritomo and Kumagaye Renshô-bô (Naozane) Publisher:
Yamato-ya Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T48 |
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Title: Osanashi-dachi buyû soroi (A Set of
Heroic Children) Description:
Below are the names of the thirty-six boys represented, each followed in
parentheses by his adult name, or other information given on the print: RIGHT- (right-hand edge, top to
bottom): Tokuju Maru (Nitta Yoshioki), Hako-ô Maru (Soga Gorô Tokimune),
Ichiman Maru (Soga Jurô Sukenari), Aza Maru (Aku-shichibyôye Kagekiyo) (middle): Shiragiku Maru
(novice of Gwagôji), Uhyôye-no-suke Minamoto no Yoritomo (fifth son of
Yoshitomo), Gorô Maru (Mimmaya no Shigemune) (left-hand side): Juô Maru
(Ôtomo no Sukune Kanamura), Onzôshi Tametomo (eighth son of Tameyoshi), Bijô
Maru (son of Minamoto no Yorinobu, Kwaidô Maru (Sakata no Kintoki), Hyôzô
(Tetsu Kôdzuke, son of a farmer of Echigo) MIDDLE SHEET (right-hand side):
Kana-ishi Maru (Kudô Suketsune), Kôju Maru (son of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu),
Wada Masatora (Genshû), Taira no Tomoakira (son of Tomomori), Oniwaka Maru
(Musashi-bô Benkei) (middle): Ushiwaka Maru
(Kurô Hangwan Yoshitsune), Ariô Maru (page to Shunkwan), Chikudô Maru,
Mukwan-no-tayû Atsumori (son of Sammi Tsunemori) (left-hand side): Wakiya
Yoshiharu (son of Yoshisuke and younger brother of Nitta Yoshisada) ,
Nagasaki Jirô (page to Hôjô Takatoki), Kusunoki Masatsura (eldest son of
Masashige), Kon-ô Maru (Tosa-bô Shôshun) LEFT- (right-hand side): Kikuô
Maru (page to Nôto no Kami Noritsune), Sôma Kotarô Yoshikado (son of
Masakado) , Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (page to Yoshiiye), The Rough Boy of Usui-tôge
(Usui Sadamitsu) (middle): Antoku Tennô,
Tamon Maru (Kusunoki Masashige), Kojiro Nao-iye (son of Kumagaya Naozane) (left-hand side): Koma-ô
Maru (Kiso Kwanja Yoshinaka), Hijiri Maru (page to Hioki Daizen), Kidô Maru
(novice of Hiyeizan), Kichijô Maru (Ôtomo Yoshinao) Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T49 |
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Title: Morokoshi Shin no Shikôtei chôsei furo no etc. Description:
The great ships full of boys and girls sent in search of the immortal
medicine (Hôraizan) by the Chinese Emperor Shih Huang Ti (Shikôtei), c. 219 Publisher:
Hoso-Sen Date: c.
1839-1841 (this triptych was reprinted c. 1843 with the seal of the censor,
Kinugasa) Robinson:
T50 |
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This key block print for the above design is courtesy of Richard Illing. Each panel is an impression pulled from the
first woodblock made by a carver from the artist’s original drawing. The artist would write instructions for
each color on a separate key block print, and the woodblock for each color
was cut using one of these as a guide.
In addition to being a guide for
carving the color woodblocks, the key block was also used to apply black ink
(usually) in the printing process. |
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Title:
Empress Jingû Kôgô Invades Description:
The punitive expedition of the Empress Jingô to Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T51 |
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Title: Hachiman-tarô Yoshiie: Kôhei nenkan
Yoritoki Sadatô no chôteki etc Description:
The captive rebel Abe no Munetô brought before Fujiwara no Mitsuyori by
Yoshiiye in 1064 Publisher:
Takahashi-ya Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T52 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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A later edition of the
above triptych |
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Title: Jôan yo-nen... (承安四年...) Description:
Ushiwaka Maru fighting Chôhan and his gang at the inn; one shining a lantern
(1174) Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T53 |
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Title:
Untitled diptych Description:
Ushiwaka Maru (Yoshitsune) fighting Benkei on Gojô Bridge Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T54 |
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No image available Title: Description:
Sayemon-no-suke Taira no Shigemori and his troops in a battle in the snow
(probably during the troubles of Hôgen in 1156 or of Heiji in 1159) Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T55 |
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Title: Jisbô yo-nen Minamoto no Yoritomo-kô gihei
wo age Sunshû etc. Description:
The interview between the brothers Yoritomo and Yoshitsune at the base of
Mount Fuji in 1180 Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T56 |
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Title: Sumidagawa batto no zu Description:
Yoritomo and his troops crossing the Sumida River on rafts in August, 1180 Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T57 |
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Title: Gempei seisuiki: Suruga no kuni Fujikawa
kassen (History of the Ups and Downs of the Minamoto and Taira: The
Battle of Fujikawa) Description:
At the Battle of Fujikawa, a flight of wild geese warned the Minamoto of a
Taira ambush on November 10, 1180 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T58 |
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Title: Gempei seisuiki: Awa no kuni Katsu-ura
kassen (History of the Ups and Downs of the Minamoto and Taira: The
battle of Katsu-ura in Description:
The battle of Katsu-ura in Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T59 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Gempei seisuiki: Kaga no kuni Ataka kassen
(History of the Ups and Downs of the Minamoto and Taira: The battle of Ataka
in Kaga Province) Description:
The battle of Ataka in Kaga Province, with Tomoye-gozen and Yamabuki (both in
upper portion of right-hand panel), the warrior-mistress and wife,
respectively, of Yoshinaka, attacking the Taira under Kagekiyo in 1183 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T60 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Gempei Hokuyetsu ô-kassen Description:
The great battle between Yoshinaka and the Taira in northern Echizen Province
with Jô Shirô Nagamochi, the Amazon Hangaku and Jô Kurô Sukemori Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kiyemon Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T61 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating these two sheets. |
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Title: Ujigawa ô-kassen (The Battle of the
Uji River) Description:
The battle of the Uji River on March 5, 1184: Takatsuna about to land
(right), followed by Kagesuye (center) and the main body of troops still in
midstream (left) with a broken bridge in the background Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T62 |
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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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