Individual Warrior Prints, 1834-1835

Part II

	Scene: Izumo no Imaro (出雲伊麿) in mid-sea plunges his sword into the neck of a wani (鰐, sea-monster) Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.9
	Scene: Wada Heita Tanenaga (和田平太胤長) killing an uwabami (giant snake) by a waterfall Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.10 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.
	Another state with a white title cartouche in the right upper corner
	Keyblock print for the above design
	Scene: Hasebe Chô Hyôe-no-jô Nobutsura (長谷部長兵衛尉信連) fighting over fallen foe at the Taira attack on the Takakura Palace in Kyoto (1180) Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.11
	Scene: Hangami Danjô-no-jô Arakage (半上弾正忠新景) killing a giant salamander in the Tontagawa River Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô (二, 川長) Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.12
	Another state with the text (二, 川長) removed from the publisher’s seal in the right lower corner
	Another state with a damaged seal of the publisher Ise-ya Sanjirô (伊勢二)
	Keyblock print for the above design
	Scene: Ariô Maru (有王丸) on the shore, sword in hand, struggling with a giant octopus Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô (二, 川長) Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.13 Text: Following in the footsteps of his lord Shunkan, on the way to Kikaigashima he kills a giant octopus (主君俊寛の跡をしたうて鬼界ヶ島へ行道にて大蛸をきる) I am grateful to Nathan Oliver for this image.
	Another state with the publisher’s seal removed
	Another state with Ariô Maru dressed entirely in green
	Another state with Ariô Maru dressed in blue and orange
	Keyblock print for the above design
	Scene: Asahina Yoshihide (朝比奈義秀) tugging at the armor of Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗) Publisher: Possibly Ise-ya Sanjirô Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.14 NOTE: It is not certain that this is the same print listed by Robinson as S1c.14. The publisher’s seal on the illustrated print, and on the last prints on this page, is quite unusual, and is not listed in Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium by Andreas Marks. The publisher of S1c.14 is identified in Robinson as Ise-ya Sanjirô.
	Scene: Taira no Koremochi (平維茂) killing the demon-woman Momiji with the Demon Exorcising Sword (Gouma no riken, 降魔の利剣) at Togakushi-yama Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.15
	Scene: Nagasaki Kangayu-saemon (長崎勘ヶ由左ェ門) riddled with arrows and encircled by a dragon Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.16
	Another state of the above print published by Ueda-ya Kyûjirô instead of Sano-ya Kihei
	Another state also published by Ueda-ya Kyûjirô
	Scene: Sagi-no-ike Heikurô Masatora (鷺池平九郎正虎) killing a huge wild boar Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.17
	Another state also published by Sano-ya Kihei
	Another state of the above design with the wind and background recut, bearing the diamond-shaped seal of the publisher Ueda-ya Kyûjirô in the left lower corner
	Title: Sanjô Kokaji Munechika (三条小鍛冶宗近) Scene: The sword-smith Munechika forging a blade under the watchful eyes of the fox god of Mount Inari Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei Date: 1833-1835 Robinson: Not listed NOTE: This is a final drawing (hanshita-e) for an unpublished print.
NO IMAGE AVAILABLE	Scene: Sanada Yoichi Munesada (真田與市宗定) kneeling on Matano Gorô Kagehisa (俣野五郎景久) by the seashore at the Battle of Ishibashiyama Publisher: Tsuru-ya Kiemon Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: S1c.18 NOTE: It is possible that this listing in the supplement is an erroneous double entry of the same print listed as S1a.13 in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints.
	Scene: The ghost of Nitta Sahyôe-no-suke Yoshioki (新田左兵衛佑義興) on a white horse attacking his murderer Takezawa Ukyo-no-suke (竹沢右京亮) Publisher: Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: Not listed NOTE: Sahyôe-no-suke and Ukyo-no-suke are court ranks
	Scene: Taira no Koremochi (平維茂) killing the demon woman (kijo) Momiji at Togakushiyama, among falling maple leaves Publisher: Possibly Ise-ya Sanjirô (see S1c.14) Date: c. 1834-1835 Robinson: Not listed
	Another state of the design
	Scene: Gorômaru (五郎丸) and Soga no Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致) Publisher: Possibly Ise-ya Sanjirô (see S1c.14) Date: c. 1834-1835 (with kiwame seal) Robinson: Not listed

“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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