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: Shidzu 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:
Kiyomidzu-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 Uyesugi musketeers at
Kawanakajima on Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T190 |
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No image available Title:
Untitled Description:
The fording of the Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date:
1847-1848 Robinson:
T191 |
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Title: Kiso Yoshinaka wa tatewaki senshô
Yoshikata no ko ni shite etc. Description:
The pursuit of Yoshinaka by a bamboo grove at the
Battle of Awadzu 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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No image available Title:
Untitled Description:
Kajiwara Genda Kagesuye 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. |
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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
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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No image available Title: Description:
Fujinoye, wife of Tadahira,
by the seashore holding a poem-card (based on having seen only a single
sheet) Publisher:
Nôshû-ya Yasubei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T196 |
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No image available 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 Description:
Quarrel over a game of go in the Publisher:
Ka-wa-chô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T198 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo-kyô
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 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 Tetsuyemon Shigenobu outside their burning castle in the mid
sixteenth century Publisher:
Kiyomidzu-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 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 Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T203 |
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Title: Oda Harunaga-kô jo no hei hyakkannen
kudzure etc. Description:
The rebuilding of Kiyosu Castle in three days under
the direction of Naka-ura Sarukichirô
(Toyotomi Hideyoshi), who
is shown reporting to Harunaga (Nobunaga) Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T204 |
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Title: Shidzu-ga-mine kassen no zu (Picture
of the Description:
The defeat of Shibata Katsuiye by Hideyoshi at Shidzu-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: Shidzu-ga-mine kassen no zu
(Picture of the Description:
At the Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson: T205a NOTE: This
triptych might form a double triptych with the preceding |
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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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