Warrior triptychs
1844
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Title: Koromo no Toji ga musume nite Wataru ga
tsuma etc. Description:
Endô 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 (幡随長兵衛) Publisher:
Ise-ya Kisuke Date: 1844 Robinson:
T130 NOTE:
Shirai Gompachi and Banzui Chôbei bear striking resemblances to kabuki actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII and
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, respectively. |
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Another state of the above
triptych with the seal of the publisher Hayashi-ya Shôgorô |
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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:
Chita-ya 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 Mount Yoshino in 1186 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, Shizuka-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 Uesugi 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:
Yahata-ya Sakujirô (called “Hachi” by Robinson) 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 Sasarae and his henchman Oniyasha, armed with a naginata and an iron club respectively
with the rough islanders look on in admiration Publisher:
Horino-ya Tasuke (Robinson read the publisher’s seal as “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:
Kawazu 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-ie-kyô 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 (壇浦戦之圖, Battle of
Dannoura) 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 privately published supplement.
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