Warrior triptychs
1847-1852, Part II
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Title: Sono seki kokon musô no yûshi Sama-no-suke
Mitsuharu wa... Description:
Akechi Mitsuharu (明智左馬之助) with his horse resting under the pine-tree of
Karasaki on the shore of Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T206 |
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Title: Yûshi kômyô no zu Description:
Battle in hilly country by a lake. The
title gives no clue, and the figures are not named Publisher:
Yamashiro-ya Jimbei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T207 |
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Title: Miyamoto Musashi wa Higo no dan ni shite
etc. Description:
Miyamoto Musashi (top center) plunging his sword into an enormous whale off
the coast of Higo Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T208 |
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Title: Gishi shijûshichi-nin hommô wo toge
etc. Description:
The Forty-Seven Rônin crossing Ryôgoku
Bridge after carrying out their revenge with Yuranosuke bowing to a
mounted official on the near side (center) Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T209 |
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Title: Gishi hommô wo tatsushite Sengokuji e
hikitori katame no zu Description:
The Forty-Seven Rônin assembling
outside the temple after carrying out their revenge Publisher:
Yorozu-ya Kichibei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T210 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Gitora hommô wo toge bozen e tamuke no zu Description:
The Forty-Seven Rônin washing
Moronao’s severed head in a well Publisher:
This seal is identified as Naka-Ni
(Kinshôdô) of Terifuri-chô in Kuniyoshi
by B. W. Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), but as Ebisu-ya
Shôshichi in Publishers of Japanese
Woodblock Prints: A Compendium by Andreas Marks (Hotei Publishing, Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T211 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Description:
Yamanaka Dankurô shot with a pistol by the girl Kamegiku, while Shirai
Gompachi fights a gang of ruffians Publisher:
Ôta-ya Takichi (called Tada-ya Takichi by Robinson) Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T212 |
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Title: Yasubei no kataki-uchi Description:
Yasubei engaging a number of opponents in a natural arena, watched by his
mother and sister Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
T213 |
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Title: Description:
The Forty-seven rônin seated and
squatting in a semi-circle, most holding their naginata (glaives) Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei Date:
1847-1850 Robinson:
Not listed I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for finding this triptych |
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Title: Tametomo wa rôdô amata meshitsure etc. Description:
Tametomo watches his henchman Oniyasha shouldering a stranded boat off a rock Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date:
Early 1849 Robinson:
T214 |
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Title: Yoshitsune kôshin: shitennô shusse kagami
no uchi: Kamei Rokurô Description:
Kamei Rokurô Shigekiyo making his debut as one of Yoshitsune’s retainers by
fighting a black bear in the snow, watched by Yoshitsune and other retainers Publisher:
Nishimura-ya Yohachi Date:
Early 1849 Robinson:
T215 |
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No image available Title: Hyôe-no-suke Yoritomo-dono Jishô yo-nen no
aki etc. Description:
The gathering of Yoritomo’s troops before the Battle of Ishibashiyama on
September 14, 1180 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date:
Early 1849 Robinson:
T216 |
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Title:
Battle at Ujigawa (Ujigawa kassen no zu,
宇治川合戦圖) Description:
The rival generals swimming the Publisher:
Enshû-ya Hikobei Date:
Early 1849 Robinson:
T217 |
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Title: Description:
Asahina Saburô Yoshihide struggling with two crocodiles on the seashore,
watched by the Shôgun Yori-ie from
a rock, with Publisher:
Date:
Early 1849 Robinson:
T218 |
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Title: Shôgun Tarô Yoshikado mikata no sei wo
atsumuru zu Description:
The gathering of Yoshikado, his sister Takiyasha, the old retainer Iga Jutarô
and their gang in the old temple Publisher:
Sawamura-ya Rihei Date: Late
1849-1850 Robinson:
T219 NOTE:
Although published in 1849-1850, Kuniyoshi drew this design about 1835, and
it is similar to triptych T111. I am
grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Banshû Sodegawa-jiri Fujito hama Sasaki
Moritsuna etc. Description:
Sasaki Moritsuna and his troops fording the Inland Sea at sunrise to attack
the Taira at Kojima Castle in Bizen on November 1, 1184 Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: Late
1849-1850 Robinson:
T220 |
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Title: Yoshitsune kyû-ryû no zu Description:
Yoshitsune (bottom center) recovering his bow from the sea at the Battle of
Yashima Publisher:
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô Date: Late
1849-1850 Robinson:
T221 This triptych may be placed
side-by-side with T256 to form a six-sheet composition:
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Title:
Picture of the Battle of Dan-no-ura (Dan-no-ura
ô-kassen no zu, 壇ノ浦大合戦之圖) Description:
Yoshitsune’s leap at the Battle of Dan-no-ura with Noritsune leaping after
him Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Umejirô Date: Late
1849-1850 Robinson:
T222 |
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Title: Description:
Publisher:
ヲ inside star, read as “Wo” or “O” Date: c.
1849-1850 Robinson:
T222a (not in Robbinson) This triptych also exists with
the seal of the publisher Izumi-ya Ichibei.
I am grateful to Ole Albæk Pedersen for locating this image. |
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Title: Higo no kuni Aso no kôri Aso no Saburô
Taira no Tadakuni etc. Description:
The betrothal of Tametomo (right) and Shiranui-hime (left) before her father
Aso Tadakuni in the time of cherry blossom
Publisher:
Ise-ya Kanekichi Date:
1849-1852 Robinson:
T223 |
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Title: Obaka shuku yo-uchi no zu (大墓宿夜討之圖, Night Attack on the Ohaka Inn) Description:
Ushiwaka Maru engaging Kumasaka Chôhan and his gang at the inn with a flaming
torch flying through the air Publisher:
Amatsu Date:
1849-1852 Robinson:
T224 NOTE: The cartouche
in the right upper corner has a solid red background in a later printing. |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
The fording of the Publisher:
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date: 1849-1852 Robinson:
T225 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Ichi-no-tani ô-kassen no zu Description:
Confusion in the Taira camp at Ichi-no-tani caused by Yoshitsune’s descent of
Hiyodori-goe (right): Naozane calling after Atsumori (left) and Munemori
escorting the women to safety (center)
Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
1849-1852 Robinson:
T226 NOTE: A
later edition has a solid red cartouche in the right upper corner and several
other color changes. |
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Title: Untitled Description:
In a mountainous landscape, Matano Gorô Kagehisa, half-naked on a rock is
angrily gesturing to Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada who is mounted and in hunting
costume (left); Yoshitsune and his followers are seated (right) Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô Date:
1849-1852 Robinson:
T227 |
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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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