Warrior triptychs
1839-1841, Part II
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Title: Awadzu-ga-hara ô-kassen: Yoshinaka
Shitennô Imai Shirô Kanehira etc. Description:
Prowess of Imai Kanehira at the battle
of Awadzu in March, 1184; he is shown fighting under the pine tree of
Karasaki on the shore of Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T63 |
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Title: Washi-no-o no Saburô Ichi-no-tani
Hiyodori-goye no annaisha to naru zu Description:
Washio Saburô struggling with a black bear, watched by Yoshitsune and his
retainers on Publisher:
Maru-ya Seijirô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T64 |
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Title: Yoshitsune no gumpei Ichi-no-tani
saka-otoshi no zu Description:
Yoshitsune leading his men in the descent of the Hiyodori-goye Gorge at the
Battle of Ichi-no-tani on Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T65 |
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No image available Title: Banshû Suma-ga-mori no sakura ni Yoshitsune
kôsatsu wo tatsuru zu Description:
Yoshitsune and his followers under the cherry-trees of Suma receiving Naozane
with the head of Atsumori in a box after the Battle of Ichi-no-tani on March
21, 1184 Publisher:
Kaga-ya Kichibei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T66 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune Kajiwara sakaro
sôron no zu Description:
The quarrel between Yoshitsune and Kajiwara Kagetoki about ‘reversed oars’ (sakaro) before the Battle of Yashima
on March 23, 1184 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T67 |
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Title: Gempei Yashima ô-kassen Description:
The great battle of Yashima on March 23,
1184: Yoshitsune’s ‘eight boat leap’ (center), Noritsune (left), Benkei
on a large boat and Munemori clinging to a piece of floating wood (right) Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T68 |
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Title: Nagato no kuni Akama-ga-ura Gempei
ô-kassen Description:
The great Battle of Akama-ga-ura (usually known as the Battle of Dan-no-ura):
Yoshitsune performing his ‘eight boat leap’ pursued by Noritsune and
Moritsugu Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T69 NOTE:
Yoshitsune’s superhuman ‘eight boat leap’ (hassô-tobi) is usually associated with the Battle of Yashima,
rather than the |
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Title: Sesshû Daimotsu-no-ura ni Heike no onryô
arawaruru no zu Description:
The ghosts of the Taira attacking Yoshitsune’s ship in Daimotsu Bay in the province
of Settsu on November 28, 1185 Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T70 |
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Title: Udaishô Yoritomo-kô Susono maki-gari
seisen zu Description:
Yoritomo’s hunting-party assembling on Suso Moor under Mount Fuji in 1193 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seijirô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T71 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Kenkyû yo-nen Minamoto no Yoritomo Fuji
maki-gari no zu Description:
Tadatsune about to receive the charge of the monstrous boar, watched by
Yoritomo and his followers in 1193 Publisher:
Mori-ya Jihei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T72 NOTE: The
panels in this triptych are each approximately 20 by 8 inches (50 by 20
centimeters), a size known either as nagaban
or as chôban. |
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Title: Yoritomo-kô Fuji no mi-kari no zu Description:
Yoritomo and his followers watching Tadatsune killing the monstrous wild boar
Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T73 |
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Title: Udaishô Yoritomo-kô sumô go-ran no zu Description:
The great sumô wrestling match before
Yoritomo and his son Sanetomo: Chôkyô wrestling with Chikatsune, umpired by
Ogata Saburô Masayoshi Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Hikotarô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T74 |
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No image available Title:
Untitled Description:
Yegara Heita Tanenaga, having been swallowed by a giant python, cuts his way
out, while Idzumi Kojirô Chikahira and Wada Kojirô Yoshishige control the
monster Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T75 |
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Title: Taiheiki Tenryûgawa no ukihashi no zu Description:
Nitta Yoshisada and Funada Nyûdô together leaping the gap in the broken
bridge across the Tenryûgawa in 1335 Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T76 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Miidera kassen: Nitta no Shitennô etc. Description:
A charge led by Wakiya Uyemon-no-suke Yoshisuke (the younger brother of Nitta
Yoshisada) at the Battle of Miidera Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T77 |
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Title: Nitta Sachûjô Yoshisada jûroku-gi no yeiyû
no tomo ni etc. Description:
Nitta Yoshisada and his little band of heroes on the shore awaiting the host
of Ashikaga Taka-uji, whose ships are seen approaching in the mist prior to
the Battle of the Minatogawa in 1336 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T78 |
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Title: Kusunoki Masatsura kyôgun mi hatsukô wo
mite etc. Description:
Kusunoki Masatsura on a hillock surrounded by his staff watching the massing
of the Ashikaga troops under the opposing cliff Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T79 |
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Title: Ryakuô nen-chû Yenya Hangwan keshi
shi-jû-shichi ki etc. Description:
The night attack of the Forty-Seven Rônin:
the fight in Moronao’s garden, crossed by a long wooden gallery Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T80 |
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Title: Chûshingura shijûshichi-nin: gishi shôkô
no zu Description:
The Forty-Seven Rônin burning
incense before the tomb of their master Yenya Hangwan after avenging his
death Publisher:
Maru-ya Jimpachi Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T81 |
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Title: Kwanzeon no reigen: hitotsuya no furu-koto
rôba no sekiaku etc. Description:
The Hag of Adachi-ga-hara in the Lonely House (hitotsuya) with her girl-victim and the apparition of the goddess
Kwannon Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
T82 |
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Title: The
Igagoye Revenge Description:
Publisher:
Mori-ya Jihei Date: c.
1839-1841 Robinson:
Not listed NOTE: The
panels in this triptych are each approximately 20 by 8 inches (50 by 20
centimeters), a size known either as nagaban
or as chôban. |
‘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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