Warrior triptychs
1845, Part II
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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 (武田上杉川中嶋大合戦の圖, Takeda and
Uesugi at the Battle of Kawanakajima) 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 (山本勘介) riding to his
death through the Uesugi troops at Kawanakajima Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei Date: 1845 Robinson: T161 I am grateful to Alexander Wilson for this image. |
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Title: Kawanakajima Shingen Kenshin hatamoto
ô-kassen no zu (川中嶋信玄謙信旗本大合戦之図) Description: The irruption
of Kenshin into Shingen’s camp-enclosure Publisher: 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 (In the Great Battle between the
Minamoto and the Taira at Akama Bay in Nagato Province, the Taira Clan is
Utterly Destroyed, 長門国赤間の浦に於て源平大合戦平家一門悉く亡びる図) Description: Yoshitsune’s leap (left) at the 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 |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design with a dark sky, also published by Enshû-ya
Matabei. |
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Another state of the above triptych with the seal of the
publisher Maru-ya Tetsujirô
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Title: Minamoto no Yoshitsune
rotô wo insotsu shite (源義經郎等を引率志て) Description: Benkei
beating Yoshitsune before Togashi at the Ataka Barrier with Kyô-no-kimi (left) protesting Publisher: Mankyû 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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Another state of the above design published by Daikoku-ya
Heikichi
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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 (censor
Hama Yahei) Robinson: T167 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Satô Shirô Tadanobu
Horikawa no yakata o ochite
Shirabyôshi Manshi ga ie ni itaru, ani kore o sonin shite Ema Koshirô Yoshitoki utte ni mukau zu,
sono kotowari o koko ni ryaku
su (佐藤四郎忠信堀川の館を落て白拍子万子が家にいたる 兄是を訴人して江間小四郎よし時うつてにむかふ図 其ことはりをこゝに畧す) Description: Satô Shirô Tadanobu (佐藤四郎忠信) standing at
bay before his attackers with an overturned go board. The attacker Ema
Koshirô Yoshitoki (江間小四郎義時, on horseback
left) and the shirabyôshi dancer Manshi (白拍子万子, right panel)
are watching. Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô Date: 1845 Robinson: T168 |
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Title: Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Ason Tamba no kuni lchihara-no
Kidômaru wo taijisuru no zu (The
Extermination of Kidômaru, 鬼童丸を退治するの圖) Description: The discovery of Kidômaru
by the retainers of Raikô (also known as Minamoto
no Yorimitsu, on horse at right) on Ichihara Moor
in Tamba Province Left panel: Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邊 綱) Center panel: Kidômaru (鬼童丸) Right panel: From left - Urabe no Suetake (卜部 季武), Usui Sadamitsu (碓井貞光), Minamoto no Yorimitsu Ason (源頼光朝臣), and Sakata
no Kintoki (坂田 金時) 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 (left and
center sheets) and Maru-ya Jimpachi
(right sheet) Date: 1845 Robinson: T170 |
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In this state, the left panel is entirely
different and the right panel has no publisher’s seal. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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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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Another state of the above design |
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Title: Gi-yû-kô-shin-ei-yû
soroi
(義勇孝信 英雄そろひ) 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 I am grateful to Tommy Crouch for this image. |
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Title: The Battle of
Ichi-no-tani (一ノ谷合戦) Description: Yoshitsune and his men descending Hiyodori-goe
to attack the Taira camp in the Battle of Ichi-no-tani Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô Date: c. 1844-1845 Robinson: Not listed I am grateful to Ole Albæk Pedersen for this image. |
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