Stories of Courageous Generals of the Provinces of Echigo and Kai
(Kôetsu yûshô den, 甲越勇將傳)
Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô
c. 1848-1849
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Takeda
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General: Takeda Daizen-no-tayû Jugo-i-geken Shinano
no kami Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen (武田大膳大夫従五位下 兼信濃守晴信入道信玄) standing in
full armor and shading his eyes with his right hand Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 1 Robinson: S63.1 |
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General: Takeda
Sama-no-suke Nobushige (武田左馬之助信繁) helmetless,
leaning on a sword enveloped in a cloud of battle-smoke with grey face and
blood issuing from mouth Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: none Robinson: S63.2 |
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Some, and possibly all, of the designs in this series exist both
with and without numbers. In this
print, the number appears within a circle near the middle of the right
edge. The numbered prints are slightly
later than those that are unnumbered. |
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General: The one-eyed
general Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô
Dôkisai Haruyuki (山本勘助入道道鬼蔡晴幸) badly wounded
leaning on spear with one foot on a severed head Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 3 Robinson: S63.3 |
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General: Anayama Izu no Kami Nobuyoshi (穴山伊豆守信良) defying the Uesugi troops on a breakwater of stones in basketwork Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 7 Robinson: S63.4 |
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General: Yamagata Saburohei Masakage (山縣三郎兵衛昌景) bareheaded
and with grey face plunging his sword into the neck of a fallen foe Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 10 Robinson: S63.5 |
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General: Amari Saemon-no-jô Haruyoshi (甘利左門尉晴吉) helmetless
with his fallen horse holding an open black fan in his right hand and a spear
in his left Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 13 Robinson: S63.6 |
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General: Oyamada Bitchû no Kami Masatatsu (小山田備中守昌辰) helmetless
with a sword in his hand defiantly facing a volley of musket fire Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 17 Robinson: S63.7 |
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Another state of the above design with a grey flag |
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General: Ô Hyôbu-shôyû Toramasa (飫富兵部少輔虎昌) mounted,
grasping a spear and glaring downwards Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: none Robinson: S63.8 |
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Title: Morozumi Bungo-no-kami Masakiyo,
One of Three Heroic Deaths in Battle (San
uchijini no uchi, Morozumi Bungo-no-kami Masakiyo,
三討死之内, 諸角豊後守昌清) General: Morozumi Bungo no Kami Masakiyo
falling on his sword with the point in his mouth as he is blown up by a
landmine Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 23 Robinson: S63.9 |
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General: Obata Matabei Kuniharu (小幡又兵衛国晴) cutting off
the head of a spear while he grasps a standard in his left hand Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 21 Robinson: S63.10 |
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General: Yamayoshi Gemba-no-jô Chikafusa (山吉玄蕃允親章) struggling
through a barrier of tree branches Side: Takeda Shingen Number on print: 10 Robinson: S63.10a |
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General: Kakizaki Izumi no Kami Kage-ie
(柿崎和泉守景家) cutting off
the corner of a tate
(wooden shield) with a stroke of his sword Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 13 Robinson: S63.11 |
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General: Kurogane Kôzuke no Suke Hidetake (鉄上野介英武) holding his
horse’s bridle and looking over his shoulder Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 16 Robinson: S63.12 |
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General: Uno Sama-no-suke Takamasa (宇野左馬介高政), amid flying
arrows, grasping a standard whose streamers half cover him Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 18 Robinson: S63.13 |
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General: Nagao Tôtômi-no Kami Fujikage (長尾遠江守勝景) holding a
sword while entering the enemy’s tent Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 20 Robinson: S63.14 |
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General: Matsumoto Mokusuke (松本杢助) on one knee,
having just discharged a large gun Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: none Robinson: S63.15 |
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General: Onikojima Yatarô Torahide (鬼児嶋弥太郎虎秀) struggling
with a section of fence Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 14 Robinson: S63.16 |
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General: Usami Suruga no Kami Sadayuki (宇佐美駿河守定行), mounted on
black horse deflecting a flying sword with the shaft of his spear Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 8 Robinson: S63.17 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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General: Honjô Echizen no Kami Shigenaga
(本庄越前守繁長) defending
himself with a shield against an exploding shell Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 22 Robinson: S63.17a |
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Another state of the above design with a red shield |
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General: Saitô Shimotsuke no Kami
Tomonobu (齋藤下野守朝信) loading his
musket with a ramrod in his mouth Side: Uesugi Kenshin Number on print: 24 Robinson: S63.18 |
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This series is one of several designed
by Kuniyoshi that are similar in appearance, having a single full-length
figure on a more-or-less plane background with a descriptive text above. While some of these have the series title
in distinctively shaped cartouches, several have the series titles in
vertical red cartouches with convex tops and concave bottoms. This latter group of title cartouches are
reproduced below.
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