Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki, Part III

	Robinson: S62.36 Number: 12 Description: Sasai Kyûzô Masayasu (笹井久藏尚保) enveloped in smoke by a volley of musket fire at the Battle of the Anegawa in 1570 Historical character: Sakai Kyûzô Narishige
	Print from an unnumbered edition of this series
	Robinson: S62.37 Number: 11 Description: Sasai Ukon Masanao (笹井右近尚直) standing on a huge pine-trunk with drawn sword Historical character: Sakai Ukon Masanao
	Robinson: S62.38 Number: 32 Description: Shimura Masazô Katsutoyo (志村政蔵勝豊) seated and stripped to his loincloth with a kimono over one shoulder Historical character: Kimura Matazô Shigekatsu
	Robinson: S62.39 Number: 25 Description: Shinano Sakon Tomoyuki (品之左近朝行) in court dress, kneeling and offering a naginata with both hands Historical character: Shima Sakon Kiyooki
	Another state of the above design
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this shita-e (preparatory drawing).
	Robinson: S62.40 Number: 29 Description: Shiôren Sajima-no-kami Masataka (四王連左可馬頭政高) turning over a scroll of Buddhist scripture with his spear at Kôtokuji Temple Historical character: Shiôden Tajima-no-kami Masataka
	Another state of the above design
	Robinson: S62.41 Number: 28 Description: Suzuchi Hida no Kami Shigeyuki (鈴智飛騨守重行) crouching by a clump of bamboo, having just fired his gun Historical character: Suzuki Shigehide
	Another state of the above design
	Yet another state
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this keyblock print of the above image.
	Robinson: S62.42 Number: 14 Description: Takuma Gemba-no-jô Morimasu (宅間玄蕃允守益) armored and wielding his sword while two men attempt to hold him Historical character: Sakuma Genba Morimasa
	Robinson: S62.43 Number: 39 Description: Tambe Jijû Taira no Harutaka (丹部侍従平春髙) seated on a stool in full armor with a banner behind him Historical character: Oda Nobutaka
	Robinson: S62.44 Number: 5 (㊄) Description: Tatenaka Kwambyôe Shigeharu (建中官兵衛重治) standing in civilian clothes next to a globe Historical character: Takenaka Hambee Shigeharu
	Another state of the above design
	Yet another state
	Robinson: S62.45 Number: 20 Description: Tatsugawa Sakon Katsumasa (辰川左近勝政) pointing emphatically with two retainers in armor Historical character: Takigawa Sakon Kazumasu
	Another state of the above design
	Robinson: S62.46 Number: 38 Description: Toki Jurozaemon Mitsuchika (登喜十郎左エ門光隣) mortally wounded and surrounded by bloodstained corpses Historical character: Akechi Jûrôzaemon Mitsuchika
	Robinson: S62.47 Number: 9 (㊈) Description: Tokiuji (登喜氏) seated on a cushion with folded arms by an open book Historical character: Akechi Mitsuhide
	Robinson: S62.48 Number: 21 Description: Tsuchii Yamato no Kami Nyûdô Juntei (槌井大和守入道順貞) seated on a fur rug with bowed head and a tachi (long sword) in a tiger skin scabbard on a stand behind him Historical character: Tsutsui Junkei
	Robinson: S62.49 Number: Yasuda Takubyôe Kunitomo (易田宅兵衛國朝) running with spear past an overturned tray of refreshments and a biwa Description: 30 Historical character: Yasuda Sakubee Kunitsugu
	Robinson: S62.50 Number: 13 Description: Endô Giemon Masatada (遠藤儀右衛門政忠) about to hurl a severed head at Nobunaga Historical character: Endô Kiemon Naotsugu
	Robinson: S62.51 Number: 31 Description: Yûshi Sama-no-suke Mitsuharu (勇士左馬之助光晴) seated on a cushion reading a scroll Historical character: Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu
	Drawing for an unpublished print of Iwanari Chikaranosuke Sukemichi (岩成主税亮祐通)

“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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