Warrior triptychs
1844
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Title: Koromo no Toji ga musume nite
Wataru ga tsuma etc. Description:
Yendô Musha Moritô (center) approaching Kesa-gozen
over the roof with a drawn sword; in the background (left) a servant about to
adjust the sandal of Watanabe Wataru, her husband Publisher:
Murata-ya Ichibei Date: 1844 Robinson:
T129 |
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Title: Gompachi wa Inshû no kin nari etc. Description:
Shirai Gompachi fighting
off a gang of ruffians on the shore, one of whom he has thrown into a fire,
watched by Banzui Chôbei Publisher:
Ise-ya Kisuke Date: 1844 Robinson:
T130 NOTE: Shirai Gompachi and Banzui Chôbei bear striking
resemblances to kabuki actors Ichimura Uzayemon XII and
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, respectively. |
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Title: Hikosan ada-uchi no zu Description:
Kyôgoku Takumi engaged by O-Sono
and O-Sada, daughter and widow respectively of
Yoshioka Ichimisai, watched by Keyamura
Rokusuke and a nobleman with his retainers Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1844 Robinson: T131 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The Soga brothers standing over the sleeping Kudô Suketsune in 1193 with Tegoshi
no Shôshô on the right Publisher:
Date: 1844 Robinson:
T132 |
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Title: Yoshitsune ichidaiki
no uchi: Minamoto no Yoshitsune-kô
Yoshino-yama no naka ni etc. Description:
Yoshitsune, his wife Kita-no-kata (Kyô-no-kimi) and Benkei in the snows of Publisher:
Sen Date: 1844 Robinson:
T133 |
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Title: Heike no ichimon
horobite hôken wa saikai ni
etc. Description:
Yoshitsune, Benkei and Yoshimori listening to the
report of two ama (female divers), mother and daughter,
named Oimatsu and Wakamatsu, who had tried to
recover the sacred sword of the regalia from the sea-bottom after the battle
of Dan-no-ura in 1185 Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Date: 1844 Robinson:
T134 |
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Title: Horikawa yo-uchi: Tosa-bô Shôshun toyose no zu Description:
Benkei, Shidzuka-gozen, and Yoshitsune preparing to
meet the attack of Tosa-bô Shôshun
on the Horikawa palace on November 10, 1185 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei Date: 1844 Robinson:
T135 |
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Title: Takeda Shingen Uyesugi Kenshin to go-gwatsu jûgo-nichi ryôshô etc. Description:
Kenshin and Shingen face
each other across the river to discuss peace terms during the Kawanakajima
Campaign (1553-1563) Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: 1844 Robinson:
T136 |
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Title: Rokusuke wa Buzen no kuni Hikosan no fumoto Keyamura no domin etc. Description:
O-Sono fighting her father’s murderer, Kyôgoku Takumi, by a river with Keyamura
Rokusuke coming to her assistance Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô Date: 1844 Robinson:
T137 |
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Title: Sôma no furu-dairi ni Masakado no himegimi Takiyasha etc. Description:
The witch Takiyasha, daughter of Taira no Masakado, calling up a monstrous skeleton- specter to
frighten Mitsukuni Publisher:
Hachi Date: 1844 Robinson:
T138 |
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Title: Taira no Kiyomori-kô
wa sono sembushin yori idete etc. Description:
The dying Kiyomori in his last feverish sickness
surrounded by Taira nobles and ladies on March 20, 1181 Publisher:
Sugi-ya Seibei Date: 1844 Robinson:
T139 |
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Title: Tametomo wa Seiwa-tei hasse no son 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:
Ômi-ya Suke… Date: 1844 Robinson:
T140 NOTE: This
triptych is a reprint of T113 (c. 1842-1843) with a different publisher’s
seal and an altered title. |
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This is a copy of the above
triptych made by Ichiyûsai Kunitoshi
in 1883 with the title Tametomo kyôkyû no zu. |
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Title: Somoku honchô sumai no okori-hara wa etc. Description:
Kawadzu Saburô Sukeyasu and Matano Gorô Kagehisa wrestling before Yoritomo, umpired by Sanada
Yoichi Yoshitada in 1170 Publisher:
To-Sawa Date: 1844 Robinson:
T141 |
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Title: Nitta Sachûjô Yoshisada Kamakura etc. Description:
Nitta Yoshisada throwing his sword into the sea as
an offering to the sea-gods to enable him to attack the Hôjô
in Kamakura in 1333 Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1844 Robinson:
T142 |
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Title: Kennin san-nen
Minamoto no Yori-iye-kyô Fuji-no mi-kari
no etc. Description:
Nitta Tadatsune encountered the goddess of Mount
Fuji and her dragon in a cave in the mountain, in which are stalactites and a
waterfall in 1203 Publisher:
Tsuji-ya Yasubei Date: 1844 Robinson:
T143 |
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Title: Dan-no-ura tatakai no zu Description:
After his defeat in the Battle of Dan-no-ura,
(April 25, 1185) Tomomori tied himself to a great
anchor and cast himself into the sea.
Here he is flanked by his retainer Sagami Gorô
and his mistress Tenji-no-tsubone. Publisher:
Koga-ya Katsugorô Date: 1844 Robinson:
T144 |
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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 unpublished supplement.
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