Warrior triptychs
1845
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Title: Nin-ô jûgo-dai Jingô Kôgô Sankan seibatsu
Takenouchi etc. Description:
Under the direction of Takeshiuchi-no-sukune Japanese troops lever an
enormous rock over a precipice above a Korean city Publisher:
Yamashiro-ya Heisuke Date: 1845 Robinson:
T145 |
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Title: Kiso Yoshinaka Hokkoku ni hei wo agete
Miyako e etc. Description:
The Battle of Kurikaradani on Publisher:
Kagi-ya Hanjirô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T146 |
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Title: Daimotsu-no-ura Yoshitsune shûjû etc. Description:
The Taira ghosts rising from the sea to attack Yoshitsune’s ship Publisher:
Kiyomizu-ya Date: 1845 Robinson:
T147 |
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Title: Chû-kô-gi-yû: oji no ada-uchi (忠孝義勇:伯父仇討) Description:
Yasubei’s revenge on Murakami Shôemon and his men for the death of his uncle,
watched by his mother and sister Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T148 |
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Title: Ushiwaka Maru Ôshû no kin-akibito to tomo
ni gekô no etc. Description:
Ushiwaka Maru, traveling to Mutsu with Kichiji the gold-merchant, has his
sandals removed at the inn where he was later attacked by Chôhan and his gang Publisher:
Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T149 |
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Title: Benkei ga yûriki tawamure ni Miidera no
tsurigane wo Hieizan e hikioguru zu Description:
Benkei dragging off the great bell of Miidera, watched by Yoshitsune in the
background Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T150 |
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Title:
Yoshitsune and his Nineteen Chief Retainers (Yoshitsune no jûku-shin, 義経十九臣) Description:
The names of the retainers listed on top from
right to left are: Kumai Tarô Tadamoto Kamada Tôji Mitsumasa Sugime Kotarô Yukinobu Hori Yatarô Tomotô Suzuki Saburô Shigekiyo Suruga Jirô Kiyoshige Ise Saburô Yoshimori Satô Saburô Tsuginobu Hitachi-bô Kaison Yoshitsune Musashi-bô Benkei Satô Shirô Tadanobu Kamei Rokurô Narikiyo Kataoka Hachirô Tsuneharu Masuo Gon-no-kami Kanefusa Eda Genzô Hirotsugu Washio Saburô Yoshihisa Kuroi Tarô Tsunekiyo Akai Tôda Todaharu Mimmaya Kisanda Sadakiyo Publisher:
Nuno-Kichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T151 |
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Title: Heike no ichimon ikusa kado-ide no shuen
Tomomori etc. Description:
The great feast of the Taira before going to war, with Tomomori dancing
(center) Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T152 |
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Title: Description:
Kajiwara Kagesue in the Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T153 |
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Title: Kawanakajima ô-kassen: Kenshin no
kuruma-gakari wo mite etc. Description:
Kansuke reporting Kenshin’s movements to Shingen, surrounded by his staff on
the river-bank Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T154 |
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Title: Taira no Kiyomori Yoshitomo wo horobosu
sono shô Tokiwa wakagimi wo etc. Description:
Tokiwa-gozen and her children brought before Kiyomori Publisher:
Ebisu-ya Shokichi (Robinson read this publisher’s seal as “Yebi-Ne”) Date: 1845 Robinson:
T155 NOTE:
Kiyomori resembles actor Nakamura Utaemon IV who played this role in the kabuki play Gempei Soga at the Nakamura Theatre at the beginning of 1845. |
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Title: Sesshûi Ichi-no-tani Gempei kassen no zu Description:
The fight on the seashore at Ichi-no-tani with the Taira fleet out in the bay
on March 21, 1184 Publisher:
Hachi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T156 |
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Title: Kenkyû gwan-nen Udaishô Yoritomo shôraku
no go Nanto Tôdaiji etc. Description:
The attempted arrest of Kagekiyo in the courtyard of Tôdaiji Temple at Publisher:
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T157 |
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This is a reprint of the
above triptych dated the seventh month of 1858 and published by Hayashi-ya
Shôgorô. |
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Title: Kenkyû yo-nen go-gwatsu Minamoto no
Yoritomo-kô Description:
Soga Jurô dancing before Kudô Suketsune in 1193 Publisher:
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date: 1845 Robinson:
T158 |
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Title: Description:
The Soga brothers’ last fight (1193): Gorô fighting against odds (center),
Jurô about to be killed by Tadatsune (right)
and Gorô Maru emerging from the tent enclosure (left) in pouring rain Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T159 |
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Title: Takeda Uesugi Kawanakajima ô-kassen no zu Description:
Uesugi Kenshin (left) on horseback cutting at Takeda Shingen (center) Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T160 NOTE: This
triptych is an adaptation of T25. The
title was changed, and Kuniyoshi’s signature was recut. Nagamochi became Uesugi Kenshin, Tayû-bô became
Takeda Shingen and the right hand sheet blocks were recut to eliminate
Tomoe-gozen. |
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Title: Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki Nyûdô Dôkisai
uchijini no zu Description:
Yamamoto Kansuke riding to his death through the Uesugi troops at
Kawanakajima Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T161 |
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Title: Kawanakajima Shingen Kenshin hatamoto
ô-kassen no zu Description:
The irruption of Kenshin into Shingen’s camp-enclosure Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T162 NOTE: This
triptych and the previous triptych may be placed side-by-side to form a
six-sheet composition. |
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Title: Ichi-no-tani kassen (一の谷合戦, The Battle of Ichi-no-tani) Subtitle: Hiyodori-goe yori Seto no ura wo miru zu
(The Seto shore seen from Hiyodori-goe) Description:
Yoshitsune and his men at the top of the Hiyodori-goe, looking down, with
Shigetada carrying his frightened blindfolded horse down the embankment
(right) with fighting on the shore below Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T162a I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Nagato no kuni Akama-no-ura ni oite Gempei
ô-kassen etc. Description:
The Battle of Dan-no-ura on April 25,
1185: Yoshitsune’s leap (left), the imperial barge (center) and other boats in
combat (right) Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T163 NOTE:
Yoshitsune’s superhuman ‘eight boat leap’ (hassô-tobi) is usually associated with the Battle of Yashima,
rather than the Battle of Dan-no-ura.
This triptych also exists with the seal of the publisher Maru-ya
Tetsujirô. |
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Another state of the above
triptych |
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No image available Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune rotô wo insotsu
shite etc. Description:
Benkei beating Yoshitsune before Togashi at the Ataka Barrier with Kyô-no-kimi
protesting Publisher:
Man-Kyû Date: 1845 Robinson:
T164 |
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Title: The
Great War at Kawanakajima (Shinshû
Kawanakajima ô-kassen no zu, 信州川中嶋大合戦) Description:
The encounter of Shingen and Kenshin on the riverbank at Kawanakajima:
Kenshin on a rearing horse raises his sword; Shingen prepares to receive the
blow on his war-fan Publisher:
Izumi-ya Ichibei Date: 1845 Robinson:
T165 |
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Title: Sôma ni Tarô Yoshikado wa chichi no
metsubô no toki tôsai etc. Description:
The Toad Spirit (here called Gama Sennin) instructing Yoshikado and his
sister Takiyasha in magic by causing a woman to materialize on his breath Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T166 |
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Title: Yoshitsune Ôshû-e gekô shite Koromogawa no
tachi etc. Description:
Fujinoe, seated reading, approached by Yoshitsune with her husband Tadahira
behind Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T167 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Satô Shirô Tadanobu Horikawa no tachi wo
ochiru etc. Description:
Satô Tadanobu standing at bay before his attackers with the go board overturned Publisher:
Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson:
T168 I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu Ason Tamba no kuni
lchihara-no etc. Kaido-maru wo taijisuru no zu 鬼童丸を退治するの圖 (The Extermination of Kaido-maru) Description:
The ambush of Kidô Maru (also known as Sakata no Kintoki, centre) discovered by
the retainers of Raikô (also known as Minamoto no Yorimitsu, center) and his
retainers on Ichihara Moor in Publisher:
Han Date: 1845 Robinson:
T169 NOTE: The
website of the British Museum gives the title of this triptych as Kaido-maru wo taijisuru no zu (The
Extermination of Kaido-maru, 鬼童丸を退治するの圖) |
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Title: Yoshioka Ichimisai no musume chichi no
ada etc. Description:
The daughters of Yoshioka Ichimisai, backed by Keyamura Rokusuke, fighting
Kyôgoku Takumi, their father’s murderer Publisher:
Sawa-ya Kôkichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T170 |
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Title:
Untitled Description:
Oniwaka Maru about to leap into the river to attack the monstrous carp that
had swallowed his mother Publisher:
Mino-ya Chûsuke Date: 1845 Robinson:
T171 |
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Title: Gi-yû-kô-shin-ei-yû soroi Description:
O-Seki watching a trial of strength between the two wrestlers Nuregami
Chôgorô and Hanaregoma Chôkichi Publisher:
Wakasa-ya Yoichi Date: 1845 Robinson:
T172 |
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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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