Warrior triptychs
1845, Part I
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Title: The Conquest
of Three Countries in Old Korea (Nin-ô jûgo-dai Jingô Kôgô Sankan seibatsu
Takenouchi, 人皇十五代神功皇后三韓征伐武内大臣が智勇諸城を落す圖) Description: Under the
direction of Takeshiuchi-no-sukune Japanese troops lever an enormous rock
over a precipice above a Korean city Publisher: Nomura-ya
Tokubei Date: 1845 Robinson: T145 |
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Title: The Battle of
Kurikaradani (Kurikaradani
gassen, 倶利伽羅谷合戦) Description: The Battle of
Kurikaradani on Publisher: Kagi-ya
Hanjirô Date: 1845 Robinson: T146 |
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Title: The Taira
Ghosts Arising from the Sea to Attack Yoshitsune’s
Ship (Daimotsu-no-ura Yoshitsune shujû nanpû ni deaite
heike no bôrei mifune wo kutsugaesan to suru zu, 大物の浦…) 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: Tales of
Loyalty and Valor: Revenge for an Uncle (Chû-kô-gi-yû: oji no ada-uchi (忠孝義勇: 伯父仇討) Description: Horiguchi 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 NOTE:
This print is illustrated as Fig. 30 on pages 30 and 31 in Kuniyoshi: The
Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press,
Ithaca, NY, 1982). However, it is
erroneously labeled as triptych 213. |
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Title: Ushiwakamaru and the Gold
Merchant Kichiji of Ôshû (Ushiwaka Maru
Ôshû no kin-akibito to tomo ni gekô no etc.) Description: Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸), traveling to
Mutsu with the gold-merchant Kaneuri Kichiji (金卖吉治), has his
sandals removed at the inn by Kaneuri Kichiuchi (金卖吉内) Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya
Masagorô Date: 1845 Robinson: T149 |
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Title: Benkei's Heroic
Strength, Playfully Dragging the Bell of Mii Temple
up to Mt. Hiei (Benkei ga yûriki tawamure ni Miidera no tsurigane wo Hieizan e hikioguru zu, 辨慶が勇力戯に三井寺の梵鐘を叡山へ引揚る圖) 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 (熊井 太郎 忠基) Kamada Tôji Mitsumasa (鎌田 藤次 光政) Sugime Kotarô Yukinobu (杉目 小太郎 行信) Hori Yatarô Tomotô (堀 弥太郎 遠基) Suzuki Saburô Shigekiyo (鈴木 三郎 重清) Suruga Jirô Kiyoshige (駿河 次郎 清重) Ise Saburô Yoshimori (伊勢 三郎 義盛) Satô Saburô Tsuginobu (佐藤 三郎 嗣信) Hitachi-bô Kaison (佐藤 三郎 嗣信) Kurô Hangan Minamoto no
Yoshitsune (九郎 判官 源 義経) Musashi-bô Benkei (武蔵坊 弁慶) Satô Shirô Tadanobu (佐藤 四郎 忠信) Kamei Rokurô Narikiyo (亀井 六郎 成清) Kataoka Hachirô Tsuneharu (片岡 八郎 経春) Masuo Gon-no-kami Kanefusa (増尾 權頭 兼房) Eda Genzô Hirotsugu (江田 源三 廣次) Washio Saburô Yoshihisa (鷲尾 三郎 義久) Kuroi Tarô Tsunekiyo
(黒井 太郎 経清) Akai Tôda Todaharu
(赤井 藤太 忠春) Mimmaya Kisanda Sadakiyo (御厩 喜三太 定清) Publisher: Nuno-Kichi Date: 1845 Robinson: T151 |
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Another state of the above triptych |
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Text: Heike Tomomori
Dancing to Celebrate the Heike Family’s Glory the Night before a Battle (Heike no ichimon ikusa
kado-ide no shuen Tomomori, 平家の一門軍首途の酒宴 知盛是を祝してひとさし舞ふの圖) 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 (ト山口) Date: 1845 Robinson: T153 |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state with a dark foreground. |
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Title: The Great
Battle of Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima ô-kassen, 川中島大合戦) Subtitle: Kenshin no kuruma-gakari
wo mite (謙信の車懸りを見つけ勘助備を立直す圖) 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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Another state of the above design |
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Text: Taira no Kiyomori Yoshitomo wo horobosu
sono shô Tokiwa wakagimi wo etc. Description: Tokiwa-gozen (常盤御前) and her
children brought before Taira no Kiyomori (安芸守平清盛) 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: The Battle between the Minamoto and the
Taira at Ichinotani in Settsu Province (Sesshû Ichinotani Genpei kassen no zu, 摂州一ノ谷源平合戦之圖) Description: The fight on
the seashore at Ichi-no-tani with the Taira fleet out in the bay on March 21,
1184 Publisher: Yahata-ya
Sakujirô (called “Hachi” by Robinson) Date: 1845 Robinson: T156 |
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Title: Kagekiyo Attempts to Assassinate Yoritomo at the Great
Buddha Hall of Tôdai-ji Temple (Kenkyû gwan-nen Udaishô
Yoritomo shôraku no go Nanto Tôdaiji, 建久元年右大将頼朝上洛の後南都東大寺) 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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I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this variant of the above
design. |
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This altered reprint of the above design, also published by
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô, is dated the 7th month of 1858. |
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Text: Kenkyû yo-nen go-gwatsu Minamoto no Yoritomo-kô Fuji no Susono nite
etc. Description: Soga Jurô (曽我十郎) dancing
before Kudô Suketsune in
1193 Publisher: Ebi-ya
Rinnosuke Date: 1845 Robinson: T158 |
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Another state of the above triptych |
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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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