Warrior triptychs
1845
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Title: Nin-ô jûgo-dai Jingô Kôgô Sankan seibatsu
Takenouchi etc. Description:
Under the direction of Takeshiuchi-no-sukune Japanese troops lever an
enormous rock over a precipice above a Korean city Publisher:
Yamashiro-ya Heisuke Date: 1845 Robinson:
T145 |
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Title: Kiso Yoshinaka Hokkoku ni hei wo agete
Miyako ye etc. Description:
The Battle of Kurikaradani on Publisher:
Kagi-ya Hanjirô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T146 |
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Title: Daimotsu-no-ura Yoshitsune shûjû etc. Description:
The Taira ghosts rising from the sea to attack Yoshitsune’s ship Publisher:
Kiyomidzu-ya Date: 1845 Robinson:
T147 |
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Title: Chû-kô-gi-yû: oji no ada-uchi Description:
Yasubei’s revenge on Murakami Shôyemon and his men for the death of his
uncle, watched by his mother and sister Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T148 |
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Title: Ushiwaka Maru Ôshû no kin-akibito to tomo
ni gekô no etc. Description:
Ushiwaka Maru, traveling to Mutsu with Kichiji the gold-merchant, has his
sandals removed at the inn where he was later attacked by Chôhan and his gang Publisher:
Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T149 |
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Title: Benkei ga yûriki tawamure ni Miidera no
tsurigane wo Hieizan e hikioguru zu Description:
Benkei dragging off the great bell of Miidera, watched by Yoshitsune in the
background Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T150 |
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Title: Yoshitsune no jûku-shin (Yoshitsune
and his nineteen chief retainers) Description:
The names of the retainers listed on top from
right to left are: Kumai Tarô Tadamoto Kamada Tôji Mitsumasa Sugime Kotarô Yukinobu Hori Yatarô Tomotô Suzuki Saburô Shigekiyo Suruga Jirô Kiyoshige Ise Saburô Yoshimori Satô Saburô Tsuginobu Hitachi-bô Kaison Yoshitsune Musashi-bô Benkei Satô Shirô Tadanobu Kamei Rokurô Narikiyo Kataoka Hachirô Tsuneharu Masuo Gon-no-kami Kanefusa Eda Genzô Hirotsugu Washio Saburô Yoshihisa Kuroi Tarô Tsunekiyo Akai Tôda Todaharu Mimmaya Kisanda Sadakiyo Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T151 |
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No image available Title: Heike no ichimon ikusa kado-ide no shuyen
Tomomori etc. Description:
The great feast of the Taira before going to war, with Tomomori dancing Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T152 |
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Title: Ikuta-no-mori oite Gempei ô-kassen
etc. Description:
Kajiwara Kagesuye in the forest of Ikuta, having lost his helmet, defends
himself against several Taira warriors under an old plum tree; in the
background his father Kagetoki rides to his assistance Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T153 |
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Title: Kawanakajima ô-kassen: Kenshin no kuruma-gakari
wo mite etc. Description:
Kansuke reporting Kenshin’s movements to Shingen, surrounded by his staff on
the river-bank Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T154 |
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Title: Taira no Kiyomori Yoshitomo wo horobosu
sono shô Tokiwa wakagimi wo etc. Description:
Tokiwa-gozen and her children brought before Kiyomori Publisher:
Ebi-Ne Date: 1845 Robinson:
T155 NOTE:
Kiyomori resembles actor Nakamura Utayemon IV who played this role in the kabuki play Gempei Soga at the Nakamura Theatre at the beginning of 1845. |
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Title: Sesshûi Ichi-no-tani Gempei kassen no zu Description:
The fight on the seashore at Ichi-no-tani with the Taira fleet out in the bay
on March 21, 1184 Publisher:
Hachi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T156 |
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Title: Kenkyû gwan-nen Udaishô Yoritomo shôraku
no go Nanto Tôdaiji etc. Description:
The attempted arrest of Kagekiyo in the courtyard of Tôdaiji Temple at Publisher:
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T157 |
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This is a reprint of the
above triptych dated the seventh month of 1858 and published by Hayashi-ya
Shôgorô. |
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Title: Kenkyû yo-nen go-gwatsu Minamoto no
Yoritomo-kô Description:
Soga Jurô dancing before Kudô Suketsune in 1193 Publisher:
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date: 1845 Robinson:
T158 |
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Title: Fuji Susono Soga kyôdai hommô wa togeru zu Description:
The Soga brothers’ last fight (1193): Gorô fighting against odds (center),
Jurô about to be killed by Tadatsune (right)
and Gorô Maru emerging from the tent enclosure (left) in pouring rain Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T159 |
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Title: Takeda Uyesugi Kawanakajima ô-kassen no zu Description:
Uyesugi Kenshin (left) on horseback cutting at Takeda Shingen (center) Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T160 NOTE: This
triptych is an adaptation of T25. The
title was changed, and Kuniyoshi’s signature was recut. Nagamochi became Uyesugi Kenshin, Tayû-bô
became Takeda Shingen and the right hand sheet blocks were recut to eliminate
Tomoye-gozen. |
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Title: Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki Nyûdô Dôkisai
uchijini no zu Description:
Yamamoto Kansuke riding to his death through the Uyesugi troops at
Kawanakajima Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T161 |
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Title: Kawanakajima Shingen Kenshin hatamoto ô-kassen
no zu Description:
The irruption of Kenshin into Shingen’s camp-enclosure Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T162 NOTE: This
triptych and the previous triptych may be placed side-by-side to form a
six-sheet composition. |
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Title: Ichi-no-tani kassen: Hiyodori-goye yori
Seto no ura wo miru zu (The Battle of Ichi-no-tani: the Seto shore seen
from Hiyodori-goye) Description:
Yoshitsune and his men at the top of the Hiyodori-goye, looking down, with
Shigetada carrying his frightened blindfolded horse down the embankment
(right) with fighting on the shore below Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T162a |
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Title: Nagato no kuni Akama-no-ura ni oite Gempei
ô-kassen etc. Description:
The Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T163 NOTE:
Yoshitsune’s superhuman ‘eight boat leap’ (hassô-tobi) is usually associated with the Battle of Yashima, rather
than the |
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No image available Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune rotô wo insotsu
shite etc. Description:
Benkei beating Yoshitsune before Togashi at the Ataka Barrier with
Kyô-no-kimi protesting Publisher:
Man-Kyû Date: 1845 Robinson:
T164 |
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Title: Shinshû Kawanakajima ô-kassen no zu Description:
The encounter of Shingen and Kenshin on the riverbank at Kawanakajima:
Kenshin on a rearing horse raises his sword; Shingen prepares to receive the
blow on his war-fan Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T165 |
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Title: Sôma ni Tarô Yoshikado wa chichi no
metsubô no toki tôsai etc. Description:
The Toad Spirit (here called Gama Sennin) instructing Yoshikado and his
sister Takiyasha in magic by causing a woman to materialize on his breath Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T166 |
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No image available Title: Yoshitsune Ôshû-ye gekô shite Koromogawa
no tachi etc. Description:
Fujinoye, seated reading, approached by Yoshitsune with her husband Tadahira behind
Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T167 |
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Title: Satô Shirô Tadanobu Horikawa no tachi wo
ochiru etc. Description:
Satô Tadanobu standing at bay before his attackers with the go board overturned Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T168 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu Ason Tamba no kuni
lchihara-no etc. Description:
The ambush of Kidô Maru discovered by the retainers of Raikô (Yorimitsu) on
Ichihara Moor in Tamba Province Publisher:
Han Date: 1845 Robinson:
T169 |
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Title: Yoshioka Ichimisai no musume chichi no
ada etc. Description:
The daughters of Yoshioka Ichimisai, backed by Keyamura Rokusuke, fighting
Kyôgoku Takumi, their father’s murderer Publisher:
Sawa-ya Kôkichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T170 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Oniwaka Maru about to leap into the river to attack the monstrous carp that
had swallowed his mother Publisher:
Mino-ya Chûsuke Date: 1845 Robinson:
T171 |
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Title: Gi-yû-kô-shin-yei-yû soroi Description:
O-Seki watching a trial of strength between the two wrestlers Nuregami
Chôgorô and Hanaregoma Chôkichi Publisher:
Wakasa-ya Yoichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T172 |
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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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