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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Title:
Untitled Description:
The fording of the Uji River in 1184: Takatsuna riding up the bank, met by
Noritaka, with Shigetada and Kagesuye in the river behind 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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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. 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 Gojô Bridge by Yoshitsune, assisted by the tengu 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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Title: Description:
Fujiwara Tadahira with his retinue by the seashore; his wife Fujinoye 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:
Ka-wa-chô 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 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 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 Battle of Shidzu-ga-mine) Description:
At the Battle of Shidzu-ga-mine in 1583: On the left, a swordsman defending
himself and a young warrior with a sashimono
(banner attached to the back of armor) bearing a figure of the god Fudô Myô-ô
charging; on the right, foemen in confusion and a duel between two mounted
warriors 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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