Mirror of Warriors of Our Country

(Honchô musha kagami, 本朝武者鏡)

Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke

1855

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

	Warrior: Iga Jutarô (伊賀寿太郎) reading a scroll and the witch Takiyasha-hime (瀧夜叉姫) holding a sword with a giant toad in the background Robinson: S87.1
	Warrior: Jiraiya (児来也) loading his gun with a huge snake eyeing a giant toad behind him Robinson: S87.2
	Warrior: Kamigashi-hime (神夏磯媛) in Chinese-style armor attacking the Earth-spider in its lair Robinson: S87.3
	Keyblock print for the above design
	Warrior: Kiyo-hime (清姫) turning into a dragon as she entwines the bell of Dôjôji with evil monk Anchin inside Robinson: S87.4
	Warrior: Taira Koremochi (here called Taira Koreshige, 余吾将軍平維茂) slaying the female demon Kijo among falling maple leaves Robinson: S87.5
	Warrior: Kaidômaru (怪童丸), who is also known as Kintoki, grabbing the thunder god Raijin as a thunderbolt falls to earth Robinson: S87.6
	Warrior: Shiranui-hime (白縫姫) in the dress of incantation (candles on the head, mirror on the chest, carrying hammer, nails and a straw doll) struggling with two ruffians who attacked her in the forest at night Robinson: S87.7
	Warrior: Tachibana-hime (橋姫) using her sword against a dragon under a bridge Robinson: S87.8
	Warrior: Tenjiku Tokubei (天竺徳兵衛) watching toads wrestle with large toads and Gama Sennin (がま仙人) behind him Robinson: S87.9 NOTE: Sennin are female Immortals in Taoism. In Buddhist Japan, the term referred to mountain dwelling hermits possessing magical powers.
	Warrior: Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邉綱) battling with the demon Ibaraki at Modori Bridge Robinson: not listed
	Another state of the above design

“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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