Heroes Matched to the Five Colors

(Eiyû goshiki awase, 英勇五色合)

Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

1857

The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Color: Red (Akai, 赤) Scene: Satsuma no Kami Tadanori (薩摩守忠度) holding down Okabe Rokuyata Tadazumi (岡部六弥太忠澄) under a large pine tree with the latter’s retainer approaching Robinson: S91.1
	Color: White (Shiroi, 白) Scene: Kashiwade no Hanoshi (膳部巳提使) wrestling a tiger in a cave Robinson: Not listed
	Color: Blue (Aoi, 青) Scene: Imata Chikahira Rokunoritsuna (猪俣近平六則綱) and Koshinaka Zenji Shogo (越中前司盛後) fighting with a mountain range behind Robinson: Not listed
	Color: Black (Kuroi, 黒) Scene: Shinda Koichi Yoshisada (真田興一義貞) and Matano Gorô, who is also known as Kagehisa, (俣野五郎景久) fighting on rocky terrain under a full moon Robinson: Not listed
	Color: Yellow (Ki, 黄) Scene: The brave warrior of the Kusunoki Clan, Shiga Yatarô (left, 楠家勇士志賀弥太郎) fighting Uebayashi Magojuro Sadamitsu (right, 植林孫十郎定光) Robinson: Not listed I am grateful to Vincent Pitavy and Keikodo Gallery for locating this image.
	Robinson identified this drawing as being for an unpublished print in this series. Unfortunately it contains no text, other than Kuniyoshi’s signature, and therefore the combatants cannot be identified.

“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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