Stories of Famous Heroes of Japan

(Nihon kômei eiyû den, 日本高名英勇傳)

1852

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

This series is not listed in either Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961) or Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) or in its privately published supplement. The individual sheets are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Title: Murakami Hikoshiro (村上彦四郎) Scene: Murakami Hikoshiro, with a box strapped to his back, subduing an adversary Date seal: 8^th month of 1852 NOTE: Murakami Hikoshiro was a follower of Prince Moriyoshi in the Genkô War (1331-1333).
	Title: Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信) Scene: Satô Tadanobu brandishing a wooden go board with his foot on a fallen foe Date seal: 8^th month of 1852

“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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