A Hundred Generals Brave in Battle at Kawanakajima

(Kawanakajima hyaku yûshô sen no uchi, 川中嶌百勇將戦之内)

c. 1845

Takeda Shingen of Kai Province conquered Shinano Province in 1547, expelling Murakami Yoshiharu and Ogasawara Nagatoki, who turned to Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province for help. A series of battles between the forces of Takeda Shingen and the forces of Uesugi Kenshin were fought on the plain of Kawanakajima in the northern Shinano Province near the modern-day city of Nagano. The five major battles took place in 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561 and 1564. The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Title: Famous general, Takeda Harunobu Nyudo Shingen (Meisho Takeda Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen, 明將武田晴信入道信玄) General: Takeda Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen wearing a horned helmet and raising his war-fan above his head Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kiyomizu-ya Naojirô Robinson: S34.1
	Title: Takeda Inashirô Katsuyori (武田伊奈四郎勝頼) General: The young Takeda Inashirô Katsuyori with a robe over his armor holding a fan Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.2
	Title: Honorable General Takeda Sama-no-suke (Gisho Takeda Sama-no-suke, 義將武田佐馬之助) General: Takeda Sama-no-suke (Nobushige) in armor grasping a general’s baton Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kojima or Manju Robinson: S34.3
	Title: Military Strategist Yamamoto Kansuke (Gunshi Yamamoto Kansuke Nyudo Haruyuki, 軍師山本勘助入道晴幸) General: Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô Haruyuki Dôkisai mortally wounded with arrows grasping his spear Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.4
	Title: Hara Hayato-no-shô (原隼之正) General: Hara Hayato-no-shô bareheaded in armor holding his spear Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kiyomizu-ya Naojirô Robinson: S34.5
	Title: General: Naitô Shuri Masatoyo (内藤修理昌豊) grasping the shaft of his naginata amid clouds and lightning Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.6 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Title: Sanada Kihei Masayuki, sixteen years, first time in battle (Juroku-sai uijin Sanada Kihei Masayuki, 拾六才初陣真田喜兵衛昌幸) General: Sanada Kihei Masayuki bareheaded with a two-bladed spear (hoku) over his shoulder Side: Takeda Shingen Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Heisuke Robinson: S34.7
No image available	Title: General: Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信) Side: Uesugi Kenshin Publisher: Robinson: S34.8 (listed as not seen)
	Title: General: Amakasu Ômi no Kami (後殿甘粕近江守) bareheaded in profile making a stroke with his naginata Side: Uesugi Kenshin Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Heisuke Robinson: S34.9
	Title: Heroic General Arakawa Izu no Kami (Yusho Arakawa Izu no Kami, 勇將荒川伊豆守) General: Arakawa Izu no Kami bareheaded in armor under the streamers of his standard Side: Uesugi Kenshin Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.10
	Title: Heroic General Nagao Echizen-no-kami Masakage (Yusho Nagao Echizen-no-kami Masakage, 勇將長尾越前守政景) General: Nagao Echizen no Kami Masakage wearing a helmet with a cape attached Side: Uesugi Kenshin Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô Robinson: S34.11
	Title: Wise General Chisho Naoe Yamashiro-no-kami Kanetsugu (Chisho Naoe Yamashiro-no-kami Kanetsugu, 智將直江山城守兼續) General: Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu in a horned helmet carrying a spear Side: Uesugi Kenshin Publisher: Kojima or Manju Robinson: S34.12

“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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