Warrior triptychs
1846
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Title:
Satsuma no Kami Tadanori’s last poem forms the title of the triptych:
Description:
Satsuma no Kami Tadanori writing his last poem under the cherry trees on the
evening before his death at Ichi-no-tani on Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1846 Robinson:
T173 |
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Title: Fukushû kagami ni maze no ki Description:
Composite picture of various dramatic stories of revenge Publisher:
Jingi Kikubei Date: 1846 Robinson:
T174 |
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Title: Kawanakajima ô-kassen: Kenshin Shingen
tachi-uchi no zu Description:
Personal encounter of Shingen and Kenshin in the river at the battle of
Kawanakajima in 1560 Publisher:
Yamashiro-ya Jimbei Date: 1846 Robinson:
T175 |
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Title: Mitate hakkei: seiran (Selection for
the Eight Views: Glorious Sunset) Description:
Miyamoto Musashi by a mill-stream knocking down Shirakura
Dengoyemon and his men with a broken beam Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei Date: 1846 Robinson:
T176 |
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Title: Mitate hakkei: takadono no rakugan
(Selection for the Eight Views: Descending Geese at Takadono) Description:
Masakado drinking sake on a terrace
with Kikyô-no-maye and other ladies watching a flight of wild geese in the
year 939 Publisher:
Yenshû-ya Matabei (Enshû-ya Matabei) Date: 1846 Robinson:
T177 |
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Title: Mitate hakkei: Shôshazan no banshô
(Selection for the Eight Views: Evening Bell at Shôshazan) Description:
Oniwaka Maru knocking down attackers on the steps of Publisher:
Yenshû-ya Matabei (Enshû-ya Matabei) Date: 1846 Robinson:
T178 |
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No image available Title: Mitate hakkei: Yashima no sekishô
(Selection for the Eight Views: Evening Glow at Yashima) Description:
Benkei looking through a telescope at Lady Tamamushi-no-maye and the fan on
the pole at the Battle of Yashima Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1846 Robinson:
T179 |
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Title: Mitate hakkei: kihan (Selection for
the Eight Views: Returning Sails) Description:
Koman swimming in Lake Biwa with the Minamoto banner is attacked from the
Taira barge by Sanemori Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei Date: 1846 Robinson:
T180 |
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Title: Mitate hakkei: Kanzaki no shûgwatsu
(Selection for the Eight Views: Autumn Moon at Kanzaki) Description:
The boatman Matsuyemon (formerly Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu) hurling a huge
anchor Publisher:
Koshima Date: 1846 Robinson:
T181 |
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Title: Mitate hakkei: Gionbayashi no ya-u
(Selection for the Eight Views: Evening Rain in the Gion Woods) Description:
Taira no Tadamori (center) and the oil-thief (right) Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1846 Robinson:
T182 NOTE: This triptych is by Hiroshige–not
Kuniyoshi. However it belongs to the
same series– Mitate hakkei–as
triptychs T176, T177, T178, T179, T180 and T181. Mitate
hakkei may be translated as ‘Selection for the Eight Views’, ‘Parodies of
the Eight Views’ or ‘Allegory of the Eight Views’. |
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Title: Watônai tora-gari no zu Description:
Katô Kiyomasa (Watônai) attacking a huge tiger in the snow in Korea which has
carried off one of his men; other soldiers in the background (right) force a
tiger over a cliff Publisher:
Yamashiro-ya Jimbei Date: 1846 Robinson:
T183 |
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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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