Miscellaneous Warrior Prints
Part II
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Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Description: Two mounted warriors confronting one another: on the left, Abo Hizen no Kami (安保肥前守), bareheaded holding a sword; on the right, Akiyama Shin-kurando (秋山新蔵人) armed with a huge axe Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c. 1840-1843 Robinson: S95d.1 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this diptych. |
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Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper, as in the illustration Description: Musashi-bô Benkei (武蔵坊辨慶) reading his
subscription scroll to Togashi Saemon (富樫左ェ?門) at the Ataka Barrier Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c. 1840-1843 Robinson: S95d.2 |
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Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Description: Gen Sammi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) holding a
torch over the fallen nue,
which is about to be dispatched by his squire I no Hayata (猪早太) Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c. 1840-1842
(kiwame seal) Robinson: S95d.3 |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this 1843
reissue of the preceding diptych with the seal of the censor Tanaka Heishirô |
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Title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu Ôeyama nite Shuten-dôji
o taiji shi-kyû fu
(Minamoto no Yorimitsu Defeated Shuten-dôji
at Mt. Ôe, 源頼光大江山にて酒呑童子を退治し給ふ) Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Description: The severed
head of the Shuten-dôji belching flames in the air
above Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邊綱), while
Minamoto no Yorimitsu, who is also known as Raikô (源頼光), poises his
sword in readiness Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c. 1840-1843 Robinson: S95d.4 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design. |
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Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Description: The fight
between Ushiwaka Maru (牛若丸) and Kumasaka
Chôhan (熊坂長樊) at the inn;
bales and a torch on the ground, and Kisanda in the
distance Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon Date: c. 1840-1843 Robinson: S95d.5 |
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Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Title: Gunshi no uso wo bôkei o ii jorô Description: The courtesan
Jigoku-Tayu standing behind a screen with two
children and a cat; on the other side of the screen is the priest Ikkyû dancing with a fan, surrounded by ghostly skeletons Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô (identified as Bunshôdô
in the supplement to Kuniyoshi: The Warrior Prints) Date: 1846-1848
(censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Robinson: S95d.6 |
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Format: Horizontal
pair of chûban (each approximately
10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters) which may be on an undivided sheet of
paper Description: Hachimantarô Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家, left) and Abe
Sadatô (安倍貞任, right) facing
each other in the Battle of Kawasaki during the Zenkunen
War in 1057 Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei Date: 1844-1845
(censor Tanaka) Robinson: S95d (not
listed) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: The Moor of Ukishima (Ukishima no hara,
浮島原) Description: Yoritomo’s
troops passing before him in review Publisher: no seal Date: c. 1835-40 Robinson: S95e.1 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Benkei in the
Boat (Puna Benkei, 船辨慶) Description: Yoshitsune
and his men in a storm at sea with Benkei in the bow exorcizing the Taira
ghosts Publisher: no seal Date: c. 1835-40 Robinson: S95e.2 |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design. |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Verbal farce:
Autumn moon on Ishiyama (Kôjô chaban lshiyama aki no tsuki) Description: Lady Murasaki
with a maid on a veranda under the moon Publisher: no seal Date: c. 1835-40 Robinson: S95e.3 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Description: Kibi no Asomi Makibi (吉備 朝臣 真備), solving the Yabatai
puzzle poem under the watchful eyes of the Chinese emperor Publisher: no seal Date: c. 1835-40 Robinson: S95e.4 NOTE: Robinson describes this print as “The poet Abe no
Nakamaro in China seated at a table and watched
intently by a Chinese dignitary”.
However, the spider in the center of the print identifies the subject
as Abe’s contemporary and co-ambassador Kibi no Asomi
Makibi, who solved the Yabatai puzzle
poem for the Chinese emperor with the help of a spider. I am grateful to Richard Pryor for this
image and information. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
preliminary sketch for the preceding fan print. |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Stories of
Chaste Women (Reppuden,
烈婦傳) Description: Poetess Shûshiki holding a roll of paper, having just hung a poem
on a blossoming cherry tree Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1844 Robinson: S95e.5 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Stories of
Chaste Women (Reppuden)
Description: Eighth
century poetess Kaga no Chiyo looking downward a morning glories Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1844 Robinson: S95e (not listed) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Stories of
Chaste Women (Reppuden,
烈婦傳) Description: The nurse Koshikubu with a child Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1844 Robinson: S95e (not listed) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Series: Abridged
Stories of Charming Women, Old and New (Kokon
en jo ryakuden, 古今艶安畧傳) Title: The
Dragon-woman of Seta Bridge Description: The beautiful
Dragon-woman, from the story of Fujiwara no Tawara Toda Hidesato
and the Giant Centipede, on Seta Bridge holding a cloth Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon (listed as Tsuji-ya Yasubei in the supplement to
Robinson) Date: 1842-1846
(censor Murata Sahei) Robinson: S95e.6 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) with bottom part missing Series: Abridged
Stories of Charming Women, Old and New (Kokon
en jo ryakuden, 古今艶安畧傳) Title: Description: Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon Date: 1842-1846
(censor Murata Sahei) Robinson: S95e.6a (Not
in Robinson) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Series: Abridged
Stories of Charming Women, Old and New (Kokon
en jo ryakuden, 古今艶安畧傳) Title: Tamamo-no-Mae (玉もの前) Description: Tamamo-no-Mae holding an open fan with rays of sun Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon Date: 1842-1846
(censor Murata Sahei) Robinson: S95e.6b (Not
in Robinson) I am grateful to Robert pryor for this
image. |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: Mirror of
brave women (Bu-yû
onna kagami) Description: Yama-uba reclining wile Kintarô sits
upon her Publisher: Iba-ya Kyubei Date: c. 1840 Robinson: S95e.7 |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: None Description: Kintarô with demons Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei Date: Robinson: S95e (not listed) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: None Description: Urashima Tarô leading Otohime, who is riding on an octopus Publisher: Echigo-ya Chohachi Date: Robinson: S95e (not listed) NOTE: Otohime is
the daughter of Ryujin, dragon-god of the sea |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: None Description: The Ghost of Tomomori of Taira Family at Daimotsu-no-ura Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô Date: 1840 Robinson: S95e (not listed) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: None Description: Yoritomo’s hunting-party
at the foot of Mount Fuji with Tadatsune receiving
the charge of the giant wild boar Publisher: Yorozu-ya Jûbei Date: c. 1837-1839 Robinson: S95e (not listed) |
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Format: Fan print (uchiwa-e) Title: The Soga Brother’s Night Attack
(Soga kyodai youchi, 曽我兄弟夜打) Description: The Soga
brothers fighting with Mt Fuji in the background Date: c. 1845-1846 Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei Robinson: S95e (not listed) I am grateful to Barascud Nicolas for this
image. |
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“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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