Warrior triptychs
1854 - 1855
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Title: Description:
Tokiwa-gozen and her children in the snow Publisher:
Idzutsu-ya Shôkichi Date: Ox
12, January 1854 Robinson:
T308 NOTE: This
triptych was listed by Robinson in ‘Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints’ (Cornell
University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) based on his having seen only a single
sheet, but turns out to be a scene from a kabuki
play. |
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Title: Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi: Kôchû Gi-yen
wo chôsha ni tatematsuru Description:
The old warrior Kôchû overthrown by Kwanu Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date:
Tiger 8, October 1854 Robinson:
T309 I am grateful to Ward Pieters
for locating this image. |
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Title: Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi: Kômei mutabi
Môkwaku wo toriko ni su Description:
Shukuyû Fujin, wife of Môkwaku, overthrowing Chôki and Machûi Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date:
Tiger 8, October 1854 Robinson:
T310 |
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Title: Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi: Kwanu Gi
no shichi-gun wo hitasu Description:
Kwanu destroying the Seven Armies of Gi (Wei) in a great river
battle Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date:
Tiger 8, October 1854 Robinson:
T311 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Yoritomo hata-age: Yamaki no yakata yo-uchi no zu Description:
Yoritomo’s night-attack on the Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
Tiger 8, October 1854 Robinson:
T312 |
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Title: Yeiroku yo-nen ku-gwatsu Kawanakajima ô-kassen: Yamamoto Kansuke etc. Description:
Yamamoto Kansuke rallying his exhausted troops on a
hill for their last stand at the Battle of Kawanakajima in October 1561 Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date:
Tiger 8, October 1854 Robinson:
T313 |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Title: Kawanakajima ô-kassen: Kenshin
Saijôzan ni oite sarugaku etc. Description:
Uyesugi Kenshin
originating the monkey dance at Saijôzan during the
Kawanakajima Campaign Publisher:
Ki-ya Sôjirô Date:
Tiger 11, January 1855 Robinson:
T314 NOTE:
These are two sheets from a triptych |
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Title: Awadzu kassen (The battle of Awadzu) Description:
The battle of Awadzu in 1184: Tomoye-gozen
wielding a tree trunk, while Yoshinaka is shot
riding through the bog with Wada Yoshimori (right) Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Date:
Tiger 12, January-February 1855 Robinson:
T315 |
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No image available Title: Kawanakajima ô-kassen (The Battle of
Kawanakajima) Description:
Onikojima Yatarô
overthrowing Nakanishi Dairokurô at the Battle of
Kawanakajima Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: Hare
1, February-March 1855 Robinson:
T316 |
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Title: Watônai gunko tôshu no zu Description:
Katô Kiyomasa (Watônai) and his men chasing tigers which are carrying off
some Japanese soldiers across a river Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: Hare
1, February-March 1855 Robinson:
T317 |
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Title: Asaji- (i.e. Adachi-) ga-hara hitotsuya no zu Description:
The Lonely House story: the Hag (center) with a suppliant female victim and
the appearance of the goddess Kwannon (right)
behind a screen Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: Hare
2, March-April 1855 Robinson:
T318 |
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Title: Yoshitsune (no) jûku-shin Description:
Yoshitsune and his nineteen retainers in a ship with Benkei at the prow Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei Date: Hare
6, July-August 1855 Robinson:
T319 NOTE: This
triptych is very similar to T32 from about 1836. |
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Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo
Ishibashiyama hata-age
kassen Description:
The aftermath of the Battle of Ishibashiyama in
1180: Yoritomo and his men hiding in a hollow tree
(right) while Kagetoki (center) diverts their
pursuers Publisher:
Daikoku-ya Kinjirô Date: Hare
8, September-October 1855 Robinson:
T320 |
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Title: Satô Tadanobu yûsen Yoshitoki ga sei wo utsuru
zu Description:
Tadanobu furiously resisting arrest, wielding a go board with one hand and grasping the hair of his treacherous
mistress with the other, the go pieces
flying in all directions Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: Hare
9, October-November l855 Robinson:
T321 NOTE: This
triptych was published in 1855 from a design dating from about 1835. |
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No image available Title: Sagi-no-ike Heikurô Taka-uji no taigun etc. Description:
Sagi-no-ike Heikurô
creating havoc among the Ashikaga troops Publisher:
Mori-ya Jihei Date: Hare
9, October-November 1855 Robinson:
T322 |
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No image available Title: Kusunoki Ashikaga ô-kassen Description:
Ashikaga Taka-uji struck by a severed head flung by
Sagi-no-ike Heikurô Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Date: Hare
9, October-November 1855 Robinson:
T323 |
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Title: Shinshû Kawanakajima Takeda no shôhei Saijôzan wo hikigayeshi etc. Description:
Amakasu Ômi no Kami Kagetoki directing the
attack of the Uyesugi troops at the battle of
Kawanakajima Publisher:
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô Date: Hare
9, October-November 1855 Robinson:
T324 |
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Title: Kawanakajima kassen (The Battle of
Kawanakajima) Description:
Close-up view of the face-to-face encounter of Takeda Shingen
(center) and Uyesugi Kenshin
(left) at Kawanakajima with Hachikawano Zensuke (right) thrusting a spear at Uyesugi
Kenshin Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: Hare
9, October-November 1855 Robinson:
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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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