Twenty-four Generals of Eastern Kai Province, One by One

(Kôyô nijûshi shô no hitori)

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

1853

Takeda Shingen of Kai Province conquered Shinano Province in 1547, expelling Murakami Yoshiharu and Ogasawara Nagatoki, who turned to Uyesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province for help. A series of battles between the forces of Takeda Shingen and the forces of Uyesugi Kenshin were fought on the plain of Kawanakajima in the northern Shinano Province near the modern-day city of Nagano. The five major battles took place in 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561 and 1564. Although the number of prints in this series is unknown, the Kai generals were Hosshô-in Shingen Daikôji, Akiyama Hôki no Kami, Amari Sayemon, Anayama Baisetsu, Baba Mino no Kami, Hara Hayato-no-shô, Hara Mino no Kami, Kosaka Danjô, Morozumi Bungo no Kami, Mutô Kihei, Naitô Shuri-no-suke, Obata Kadzusa no Kami, Obata Yamashiro Nyûdô, Oyamada Hyôbu-no-jô, Saigusa Kageyu, Sanada Genda Sayemon, Sanada Hyôbu-no-jô, Sone Shimotsuke, Tada Awaji no Kami, Takeda Shirô Katsuyori, Takeda Shôyôken, Tsuchiya Uyemon, Yamagata Saburohei, Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô and Yokota Bitchû no Kami. The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	General: Takeda Daizendayû Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen seated in voluminous robes and a helmet decorated with demon’s horns and a white mane Robinson: S82.1
	Another state of the above print
	General: Takeda Sama-no-suke Nobushige seated wearing a court cap and adjusting his armor Robinson: S82.2
	General: Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki on one knee with his face in profile Robinson: S82.3
	General: Yamagata Saburohei Masakage adjusting his gauntlet (armored glove) with his spear resting in a hook on his belt Robinson: S82.4
No image available	General: Naitô Shuri Masatoyo adjusting his armor Robinson: S82.5
	General: Hara Hayato Masakatsu tightening his back-strap Robinson: S82.6
No image available	General: A back view of Oyamada Bitchû no Kami Masatatsu in full armor grasping his spear Robinson: S82.7
No image available	General: Imafuku Zenkurô Katsutada tying on his face-guard (mempô) Robinson: S82.8

‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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