Warrior triptychs
1857
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Title: Gempei ô-kassen
(The Battle of Yashima) Description: Yoshitsune recovering his bow from the sea (center) at
the Battle of Yashima Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô Date: Dragon 12,
January 1857 Robinson: T339 I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this
image. |
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Title: Akazawa-yama yûshi sumô no zu (The Sumô Match at Mt Akazawa) Description: Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu throwing Matano
Gorô Kagehisa in their
wrestling match before Yoritomo, Ôba Kagechika and others Publisher: Izumi-ya Seishichi (Sen-Kiyo of
Shiba) Date: Snake 2,
March 1857 Robinson: T340 |
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Title: Chûshingura: yo-uchi
hikitori no zu (The
Chûshingura: Return from the Night Attack) Description: The 47 rônin meeting a group of officials
outside a mansion in snow at sunrise Publisher: Izumi-ya Seishichi (Sen-Kiyo of
Shiba) Date: Snake 3,
April 1857 Robinson: T340a |
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Title: Kusunoki Masashige wara
no ningyô no tsukuri
(Kusunoki Masashige and His Men Making Straw Dummies to Trick the Enemy into
Exhausting Their Arrows, 楠正成藁人形造敵箭奪図) Description: Kusunoki
Masashige and his men making straw dummies to trick the enemy into exhausting
their arrows Publisher: Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô Date: Snake 3,
April 1857 Robinson: T341 |
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Title: Wada kassen:
Asahina Saburô Yoshihide môyô
kwairyoku no zu (和田合戦 朝夷三郎 義秀猛勇怪力之圖) Description: Asahina Saburô Yoshihide breaking down the great gate during the
Wada rebellion against the Hôjô in 1213 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Jûzô Date: Snake 4, May
1857 Robinson: T342 |
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Title: Nitta Ashikaga kyô-gassen:
shôri no shôgun wo atsumeru zu (Battle Between
the Nitta and the Ashikaga in the Capital, 新田足利京合戦) Description: The troops of
Nitta Yoshisada rallying on a hill after their
victory over the Ashikaga Publisher: Jôshû-ya Jûzô Date: Snake 4, May
1857 Robinson: T343 |
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Title: Kusunoki Masashige Minatogawa
ô-kassen ni shôsei wo motte etc. Description: Kusunoki
Masashige rallying his men with the sounds of drum, conch shell and bell at
the battle of the Minatogawa in 1336 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Jûzô Date: Snake 4, May
1857 Robinson: T344 |
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Title: Takeda Uesugi Kawanakajima
ô-kassen no zu Description: The encounter
of Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin in mid-stream at the Battle of Kawanakajima Publisher: Daikoku-ya Heikichi Date: Snake 4, May
1857 Robinson: T345 |
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Title: Shijô-nawate ni te Nanke no eiyû taiteki o hikiukete ôi ni sôsen
shite batsugun no kômyô o
arawasu no zu (At Shijô-nawate, the Heroes of the Kusunoki Clan Take on a
Gigantic Enemy Force and in a Mighty Battle Display Their Incomparable
Renown, 四条縄手にて楠家の英雄大敵を引請けて大いに争戦して抜群の高名をあらはすの図) Description: The last
stand of the Kusunoki at Shijô-nawate under a hail of
arrows in 1348: Genshû (right), Masatsura (center)
and Masatomo (left) Publisher: Sagami-ya Tôkichi (Sô-To) Date: Snake 4, May
1857 Robinson: T346 |
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Another state of the above design with a solid black sky and blue
armor |
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Title: Untitled Description: The last
stand of the Kusunoki at Shijô-nawate under a hail
of arrows in 1348: Masayuki (right), Koshirô Hyôgo
(center) and Noda Shirô (left) Publisher: Sagami-ya Tôkichi (Sô-To) Date: Snake 8,
September 1857 Robinson: T347 NOTE: This triptych
and the preceding one may be placed side-by-side to form a six sheet
composition, although they are dated four months apart:
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Title: Sangokushi: Bachô
Chôhi kahô seki tatakai (Romance of Three Kingdoms: One Scene
about the Battle between Ma Chao and Zhang Fei at Jia Meng Gate, 三国志馬超張飛葭萌関戦) Description: Mounted
combat between Bachô and Chôhi,
lit by fires and torches, and watched by two sovereigns in their carriages Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô or Enshû-ya Hikobei Date: Snake 7,
September 1857 Robinson: T348 |
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Another state of the above design with a blue title
cartouche in the right upper corner. |
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This is the original state of the above
triptych, which was not recorded by Robinson.
It was published by Fujioka-ya Keijirô in 1851, with seals of the
censors Mera and Watanabe. I am
grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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