Warrior triptychs
1842-1843, Part I
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Title: Heishôgoku Nyûdô wa Go-Shirakawa-tei no
otoshigo nite etc. Description:
Kiyomori at Miyajima arresting the sunset by incantations, so that work could
proceed on his new buildings Publisher:
Tsuji-ya Yasubei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T83 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune Ichi-no-tani chôjô
jin soroi zu Description:
Yoshitsune and his men looking down on the Taira position at Ichi-no-tani
from the precipice of Hiyodori-goye Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T84 |
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Title: Ushiwaka Maru Ôshû gekô no toki etc. Description:
Onzôshi Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune as a boy) outside the house of Lôruri-hime
serenading her with his flute, which she accompanies within on her koto Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T85 |
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Title: Yoritomo-kô Tsuru-ga-oka no shinzen ni
oite Shidzuka-gozen no mai wo miru no zu Description:
Shidzuka-gozen dancing as a shirabyôshi
before Yoritomo and his assembled nobles at Tsuru-ga-oka Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô Date: c. 1842-1843 Robinson:
T86 |
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Title: Kamakura sei Ôshû shimpatsu no zu Description:
Yoritomo and his men marching north to Mutsu in 1189 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T87 |
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Title: Yoritomo hata-age kassen Yamaki Hangwan ga
tachi ni yo-uchi no zu Description:
The battle of the setting-up of Yoritomo’s standard: his night-attack on the
palace of Yamaki Hangwan Kanetaka on September 9, 1180 Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T88 Image courtesy of Daniele
Hafner |
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Title: Shôgun Tarô Yoshikado mikata wo atsumen ga
tame etc. Description:
The magic toads watched by Yoshikado (center), his sister Takiyasha (left),
Iga Jutarô (right) and their followers Publisher:
Tsuru-ya Kiyemon Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T89 |
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Title: Kwaidô Maru yeboshi gi no zu Description:
Kwaidô Maru being prepared by ladies to assume the formal dress of manhood Publisher:
Takahashi-ya Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T90 |
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Title: Higo no kuni mononofu Aso no Saburô Taira
no Tadakuni ga musume Shiranui etc. Description:
Girls throwing branches of cherry blossom at Tametomo at the time of his
betrothal to Shiranui, daughter of Aso Tadakuni of Higo Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T91 NOTE: This
triptych was republished in an altered form in 1854 by Hirabayashi-ya Shôgorô
for the kabuki play Matsu icho tsuru kame Soga |
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Title: Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo Oniyasha wo annai
to shite etc. Description:
Tametomo and his followers in their ship, with Oniyasha at the prow Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T92 |
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Title:
Minamoto no Yoshitsune’s First Visit to Fujiwara’s Hidehira (Minamoto no Yoshitsune Ôshû gekô
Hiraidzumi tachi ni Hidehira no oyako ni taimen no zu, 濃州屋安兵衛 ＜濃安＞ 嘉永～明治) Description:
Formal reception of Yoshitsune and his men by Hidehira at Hiraidzumi, his
castle of in Mutsu Province Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T93 |
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Title: Jishô yo-nen hachi-gwatsu nijuni-nichi yo
Gempei Ishibashiyama etc. Description:
The battle of Ishibashiyama on September 14, 1180 with the single combat of
Sanada Yoshisada and Matano Kagehisa on a rock (right), Takatsuna fighting
against odds (center) and Yoritomo shooting (left) Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T94 |
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Title: Kiso Yoshinaka no omoimono Tomoye-gozen to
iu shita etc. Description:
Tomoye-gozen pulling the ear of Nagase Hangwan in the presence of Tedzuka
Tarô Mitsumori, Yoshinaka, and Yamabuki-gozen Publisher:
Ebisu-ya Shokichi (Robinson read this publisher’s seal as “Yebi-Ne”) Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T95 |
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Title: Bunji gen-nen san-gwatsu Antoku-tei Heike
no hito mi ni etc. Description:
Mitsutoki reporting to Tomomori at the Battle of Dan-no-ura on April 25, 1185
in the presence of Dainagon Tenji, Nii no Ama, Kenrei-monin, Go- Tenji and
the boy-Emperor Antoku Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T96 |
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Title: Go-Shirakawa no Hô-ô no Horikawa no gosho
wo ba etc. Description:
Benkei (blowing a conch shell), Shidzuka-gozen and Yoshitsune preparing to meet Tosa-bô Shôshun’s
attack on the Horikawa Palace Publisher:
Taka-Ji Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T97 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyô no zu
(Minamoto Yoritomo Visiting the Great Buddha at Tôdaiji Temple) Description:
The attempted arrest of Kagekiyo in the precincts of Tôdaiji Temple in April,
1195 Publisher:
Yoshimi-ya Sonokichi Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T98 NOTE:
Another artist, Hiroshige, designed the landscape and background figures. |
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Title: Yoritomo-kô mikari no zu Description:
Tadatsune killing the monstrous wild boar, watched by Yoritomo and his
followers Publisher: Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T99 |
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Title: Soga no Hako-ô Maru wa haha etc. Description:.
Hako-ô Maru (Soga Gorô) before Kudô Suketsune with noblemen in attendance Publisher:
Koga-ya Katsugorô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T100 |
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Title: Wada Yoshimori ichimon kujûsan-gi Ôiso ni
oite etc. Description:
Soga Gorô outside the shôji while
the great feast given by Wada Yoshimori at Ôiso proceeds within Publisher:
Takahashi-ya Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T101 |
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Title: Soga monogatari: sono toki Tokimune ôi-ni
ikari kobushi wo etc. Description:
Asahina Saburô (center) knocks down Yawata Shichirô (left), watched by the
Soga brothers (right) Publisher:
Yebi-ya Rinnosuke (Ebi-ya Rinnosuke) Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T102 |
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Title: Soga Tokimune hon-i wo etc. Description:
Soga Gorô fighting his way towards Yoritomo, who sits surrounded by his
followers in pouring rain Publisher:
Sakurai Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T103 |
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Title: Soga yo-uchi no zu Description:
Soga Jurô engaged by Nitta Shirô Tadatsune in pouring rain Publisher:
Sakurai Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T104 This triptych and the
previous triptych may be placed side-by-side to form a six-sheet composition:
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Title: Kusunoki Masatsura Nagaragawa no funabashi
wo kitte Ashikaga etc. Description:
The Battle of the Nagaragawa in 1347 with Masatsura’s troops crossing a
bridge of boats Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T105 |
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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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