The Soga Brothers Cutting Down the Ten at the Hunting Grounds

(Soga kyôdai kariba jubankiru, 曽我兄弟 狩場十番伐)

Publishers: Horimasa and Wakamatsu-ya Yoshirô

1849

“Jubankiri” is the term used for the Soga brothers killing of ten samurai during their rampage of revenge. 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) and its privately published supplement. The individual sheets are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. The censors are Hama and Magome.

Scene: Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成) fighting Hirako Hirama Makoto (平子平馬允)

Publisher: Horimasa

This is a later edition, with the seal of Horimasa replaced by that of Wakamatsu-ya Yoshirô. The rain and grasses have been recut.

Scene: Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時宗) fighting Aikô Saburô Suetaka (愛甲三郎季隆)

Publisher: Wakamatsu-ya Yoshirô

Horimasa	Wakamatsu-ya Yoshirô	Censors Hama & Magome

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