Warrior triptychs
1842-1843, Part II
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Title: Iga Kôdzuke ada-uchi (The Igagoye
revenge) Description:
Shidzuma engaging Matagorô
(right and center) while Masayemon fights against
odds (left) Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson: T106 |
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Title: Nijô-in no toki
etc. Description:
Gen Sammi Yorimasa
standing with his bow (right), his wife Ayame-no-maye
seated (center) and his squire Ii no Hayata Tadazumi (left) also seated Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson: T107 |
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Title: Minamoto no Ushiwaka
Maru Yahagi no chôja ga moto tachiyori
tamau zu Description:
Ushiwaka and Kisanda
being summoned by one of Jôruri-hime’s maids with Jôruri-hime playing the koto in the house behind Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T108 |
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Title: Gempei seisuiki: Sanshû Yashima kassen
(History of the Ups and Downs of the Minamoto and Taira: The Battle of Yashima in Description:
The Battle of Yashima in Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Jûzô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T109 NOTE: This
is one sheet from a triptych showing Akushichibyôye
Kagekiyo and Kunitoshi |
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Title: Saimyôji Tokiyori Nyûdô shokoku shugyô no etc. Description:
Tokiyori, the Hôjô
regent, in monk’s habit, at the house of Tsuneyo in
the snow; the latter’s daughter Shirataye cuts a
valuable bonsai (dwarf tree) to
make a fire Publisher:
Sakurai Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T110 |
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Title: Taira no Masakado
isshi Shôgun Tarô Yoshikado etc. Description:
Iga Jutarô (left), Yoshikado (center), and his sister Takiyasha
(right) with their gang in the old temple where they lived Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T111 NOTE: This
triptych is similar to T219. |
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Title: Yoshi-iye Mikawa Zenji ga musume
ni etc. Description:
Hachiman-tarô Yoshi-iye
cuts off the corner of a go board
with his sword, while Nareginu, daughter of Mikawa Zenji, holds up a
lantern, and Abe no Munetô stands glowering outside
Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Hikotarô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson: T111a |
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Title: Konoye-no-in no gyo-u Nimpyô san-nen etc. Description:
Yorimasa shooting down the nuye from above the palace of
the Emperor Konoye in 1153 Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T112 |
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Title: Chinzei Hachirô
Tametomo Idzu no Ôshima nite etc. Description:
Tametomo (left) sinking the foremost ship of Mochimitsu’s
fleet with a single arrow; his mistress Sasaraye
and his henchman Oniyasha, armed with a naginata and an iron club respectively
with the rough islanders look on in admiration Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Yasubei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T113 NOTE: This
triptych was reprinted in 1844 with a different publisher’s seal and an
altered title (T140). |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo-kô
shoshô wo atsume etc. Description:
Yoritomo presiding at a war-council of all his
chief followers in his battle against the Taira with the rivalry of Sasaki
and Kajiwara Publisher:
Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Date: c. 1842-1843 Robinson:
T114 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo
Sumidagawa hata-age chakutô seizoroye no zu Description:
Presentation of a naginata to Hatakeyarna Shigetada by Hôjô Tokimasa before Yoritomo on the banks of the Sumida River in 1180 with
many warriors in attendance Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T115 |
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Title: Kiso Kwanja Yoshinaka Heike wo horobasan to ichizoku etc. Description:
Yoshinaka’s farewell parade on going to war with
the Taira in 1180 with Tomoye-gozen riding off
(left) Publisher:
Kagi-ya Hanjirô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T116 NOTE: This
triptych was modified in 1849-1852 to become T244. The head of Tomoye-gozen
was recut as Wakiya Yoshisuke,
while Yoshinaka became Yoshisada
and Yamabuki-gozen became Kôtô-no-naishi. |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune Heike wo horoboshite nochi etc. Description:
After a slanderer put doubts of his loyalty into the mind of Lord Yoritomo, Yoshitsune reading his plea to his brother
Yoritomo after his victory over the Taira on Publisher:
To-Sawa Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T117 |
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Title: Udaishô Yoritomo-kô Tsuru-ga-oka Hachiman-gû ye hôraku no tame etc. Description:
Yoritomo releasing 1,000 cranes (a pious Buddhist
practice) on the shore at Tsuru-ga-oka Publisher:
Sano-Ichi Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T118 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yori-iye-kô
Kamakura Kotsubo no umi-yûran
Asahina etc. Description:
Asahina Yoshihide’s fight
with two crocodiles in the sea off Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T119 |
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Title: Dainagon Suketomo-kô no soku Chûnagon Suketoshi-kô etc. Description:
Kumawaka Maru, son of Dainagon Suketomo, and the wife
of Shinodzuka Iga no Kami outside a house in the snow Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T120 |
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Title: Hyôgo no omote
ô-kassen no zu Description:
Encounter of the troops of Kusunoki Masashige and the Ashikaga in mid-stream in 1336 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Jûzô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T121 |
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Title: Genke shotô sofu koden Description:
An illustrated family tree of the main line of the Minamoto Clan from Sadazumi Shinnô (874-916), son
of Emperor Seiwa, to Yoshitsune as follows: RIGHT-HAND SHEET (above): Asahi Shôgun Yoshinaka and Chinjufu Shôgun Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (middle): Mutsu no Kami Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Reizei-in Hangwandai Yorinobu (below): Sama Gon-no-kami Tada Mitsunaka and Rokusonnô Tsunemoto MIDDLE SHEET (above): Hachiman-tarô Yoshi-iye, Sadazumi Shinnô and Rokujô Hangwan Tameyoshi (middle): Shinra Saburô Yoshimitsu (below): Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo and Sama-no-kami Yoshitomo LEFT-HAND SHEET (above): Udaishô Yoritomo and Kaba-no-Kwanja Noriyori (middle): Tayû no Hangwan Yoshitsune (below): Tatewaki Sensei Yoshikata and Akugenda Yoshihira Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T122 |
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Title: Gempei seisuiki: Idzu no kuni Yamaki kassen (History of the Ups and Downs of the
Minamoto and Taira: The attack on the Description:
Yoritomo’s attack on Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T123 |
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Title: Ôshû Takadachi
kassen Yoshitsune etc. Description:
Yoshitsune leading a sortie from the castle of Takadachi
over the moat bridge in 1189; Benkei knocking over foe (center) Publisher:
Ki-ya Sôjirô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T124 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The Soga brothers with Tegoshi no Shôshô in the rain outside the tent of Kudô Suketsune Publisher:
Jô-Yasu Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T125 |
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Title: Kaga no kuni Ataka no shin-seki nite Yoshilsune shûjû etc. Description:
Benkei reading his scroll (kwanjinchô) to Togashi Sayemon at the Ataka Barrier,
he and his party dressed as monks Publisher:
Yeshima Date: c. 1842-1843 Robinson:
T126 |
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Title: Yoshinoyama nite Yoshitsune
shûjû etc. Description:
The parting of Shidzuka-gozen from Yoshitsune and
his followers among the snows of Publisher:
Kadzusa-ya Iwazô Date: c.
1842-1843 Robinson:
T127 |
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Title: In Minamoto’s Residence the Earth Spider Appears as a
Monster (Minamoto no Yorimitsu-kô no tachi ni tsuchi-gumo yôkwai nasu no zu) Description:
The Earth-Spider and his troop of demons tormenting the sick Raikô (Yorimitsu), while the
latter’s retainers play go Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 8th
month of 1843 Robinson:
T128 NOTE: This
is the print that got Kuniyoshi into trouble with
the authorities. It bears no censor’s
seal. |
‘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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