Warrior triptychs
1847-1852, Part I
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Title: Chûsei gishin den (Stories of the True
Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai) Description:
Moronao’s retainer Furubayashi Heihachirô Kaneyoshi defending himself against
the two rônin Oribe Yasubei
Taketsune (right) and Takebayashi Sadashichi Takashige in the snow Publisher:
Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T184 NOTE: The
title is repeated on each sheet, and this triptych is closely related to the
single sheet series Seichû gishi den
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Title: Yoritomo-kô no mei wo ukete Tosa-bô
Shôshun etc. Description:
Kisanda, Genzô and Yoshitsune among sego palms observing the approach of
Tosa-bô Shôshun and his party to attack the Horikawa palace Publisher:
Sugi-ya Seibei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T185 |
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Title: Ôboshi Yoshikane wo hajime shijûsho-nin no
gishi hon-i wo etc. Description:
After carrying out their revenge, the Forty-Seven Rônin burn incense in the temple, while attendants prepare food
for them and keep back admiring crowds Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T186 |
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No image available Title: Akao no gishin yo-uchi karamete no kata
yûshi chakutô no zu Description:
The Forty-Seven Rônin attacking
Moronao’s mansion from the back Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T187 |
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No image available Title: Akao no gishin yo-uchi ôte-gata yûshi
chakutô no zu Description:
The Forty-Seven Rônin attacking
Moronao’s mansion from the front Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T188 NOTE: This
triptych and the preceding triptych may be placed side-by-side to form a six
sheet composition |
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Title: Shizu no ama otome Daishokkwan etc. Description:
The ama (divung girl) who has
stolen the sacred jewel from the Dragon King’s palace at the behest of Fujiwara
no Kamatari (Daishokkwan) pursued through the waves by various sea creatures Publisher:
Kiyomizu-ya Naojirô Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T189 |
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Title: Eiroku yo-nen ku-gwatsu yo-nichi
Kawanakajima kassen ni etc. Description:
Yamamoto Kansuke and the remnant of his troops on a hillock mown down by the
Uesugi musketeers at Kawanakajima on Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T190 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The fording of the Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T191 I am grateful to Vladislav
Shevyrev for locating this image. |
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Title: Kiso Yoshinaka wa tatewaki senshô
Yoshikata no ko ni shite... (木曽義仲は帯刀先生義賢の子にして..., The pursuit of Yoshinaka in a bamboo grove at
the Battle of Awazu) Description:
The pursuit of Minamoto no Yoshinaka (centre) by a bamboo grove at the Battle
of Awazu in 1184 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Jûzô Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T192 NOTE: Only
the middle sheet is signed by Kuniyoshi, and the two outer sheets are signed
by Kuniyoshi’s student, Ichijusai Yoshikazu.
All three sheets bear Kuniyoshi’s signature in a later edition. |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Kajiwara Genda Kagesue with his horse (left), Shôshô (center) and the enraged
Soga Gorô Tokimune (right) by a fenced enclosure Publisher:
Naka-ya Tokubei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T193 NOTE: This
triptych was published in 1847-1848 from a design drawn about 1830. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating
this image. |
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Title: Heike no kyôshaku akugyaku wo sô mi Kurama
etc. Description:
The discomfiture of Benkei on Publisher:
Enshû-ya Hikobei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T194 |
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Title: Heike no meishô (平家の名蔣) Taira no
Shigemori hachijin wo hiite teki wo etc. Description:
The arrest of Akugenda Yoshihira in the snow by Taira no Shigemori and his men
in 1160 Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T195 |
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Another state of the above
triptych published by Yamada-ya Kinseido |
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Title: Description:
Fujiwara Tadahira with his retinue by the seashore; his wife Fujinoe is
holding a poem-card (left) Publisher:
Nôshû-ya Yasubei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T196 |
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Title: Ishibashiyama ô-kassen no zu Description:
The Battle of Ishibashiyama in 1180 with Sanada Yoichi Yoshihisa (sic) struggling with Matano Gorô Kagehisa
by a waterfall, and Sasaki Takatsuna fighting with two swords Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T197 |
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Title: Kenkyû no hajime Kamakura no tachi ni
shoshi taikei wo etc. Description:
Quarrel over a game of go in the Publisher:
Kawara-ya Chôzô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T198 I am grateful to Ward Pieters
for locating this image. |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo-kyô Fuji maki-gari no
zu Description:
Yoritomo’s hunting-party under Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T199 |
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Title: Kenkyû yo-nen go-gwatsu no koro Udaishô
Yoritomo-kô Fuji etc. Description:
Tadatsune receiving the charge of the giant wild boar, in a panorama of
Yoritomo’s hunting-party under Mount Fuji in June, 1193 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T200 NOTE: This
triptych and the previous triptych may be placed side-by-side to form a
six-sheet composition:
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Title: Shinshû Odai kassen no zu Description:
The last fight of Odai Matarokurô Yorisada, who has spitted three foemen on
his spear and his henchman Iwatsu Tetsuemon Shigenobu outside their burning
castle in the mid sixteenth century Publisher:
Kiyomizu-ya Naojirô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T201 |
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Title: Inaba sanchû ni oite etc. Description:
Dôji Yoshiharu (Horio Yoshiharu) fighting a giant boar with his bare hands
watched by warriors among the trees Publisher:
Tajima-ya Saburô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T202 |
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Title: Satô Masakiyo suikyô no rônin ryô-ko no yû
wo torihishigu zu Description:
Satô Masakiyo (Katô Kiyomasa) fighting two drunken rônin by a river watched by soldiers armed with staves Publisher:
Tajima-ya Saburô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T203 |
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Title: Oda Harunaga-kô jo no hei hyakkannen
kuzure etc. Description:
The rebuilding of Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T204 |
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Title: Shizu-ga-mine kassen no zu (Picture of
the Description:
The defeat of Shibata Katsuie by Hideyoshi at Shizu-ga-mine in 1583: the
attack of Katô Kiyomasa and his men carrying bamboo sticks in place of
banners, to which severed heads are attached Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T205 |
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Title: Shizu-ga-mine kassen no zu (Picture of
the Description:
At the Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T205a NOTE: This
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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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