Warrior triptychs
1845, Part II
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Title: The Soga
brothers achieve their revenge on the plain at the base of Mt. Fuji (Fuji Susono Soga
kyôdai hommô wa togeru zu,
富士裾野曽我兄弟本望遂圖) 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 and
Uesugi at the Battle of Kawanakajima (Takeda Uesugi Kawanakajima
ô-kassen no zu, 武田上杉川中嶋大合戦の圖) 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 Died in the
Battle of Nyûdô Dôkisai (Yamamoto Kansuke
Haruyuki Nyûdô Dôkisai uchijini no zu, 山本勘介晴行入道道鬼齋討死の圖) 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: The Great Battle of Takeda
Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin and Their Retainers at Kawanakajima
(Kawanakajima Shingen Kenshin hatamoto
ô-kassen no zu, 川中嶋信玄謙信旗本大合戦之圖) 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: The Battle of Ichi-no-tani (Ichi-no-tani kassen, 一の谷合戦) 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: In the Great Battle
between the Minamoto and the Taira at Akama Bay in Nagato Province, the Taira
Clan is Utterly Destroyed (Nagato no kuni Akama-no-ura ni oite Genpei
ôgassen Heike ichimon kotogotoku
horobiru zu, 長門国赤間の浦に於て源平大合戦平家一門悉く亡びる圖) 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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Text: Minamoto Yoshitsune
in command of his followers… (Minamoto Yoshitsune rotô wo insotsu shite…
(源義經郎等を引率志て…) Description: Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) beating Minamoto
Yoshitsune (源義經) before Togashi
Saemon (富樫左衛門) at the Ataka Barrier with Kyô-no-kimi (郎之卿, left)
protesting Publisher: Mankyû Date: 1845 Robinson: T164 |
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Title: The Great
Battle at Kawanakajima (Shinshû Kawanakajima ô-kassen
no zu, 信州川中島大合戦之圖) 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: The Toad Spirit (Gama
Sennin) instructing Yoshikado and his Sister Takiyasha in Magic by Causing a
Woman to materialize on his Breath (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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Text: Yoshitsune in Ôshû province
before his departure for Koromogawa (Yoshitsune Ôshû-e gekô shite Koromogawa no tachi… Description: Fujinoe, seated reading, approached by Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義經) with her
husband Saburô Tadahira (泉三郎忠衡) 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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Text: Satô Shirô Tadanobu, who left
the Horikawa mansion and stayed at the house of the shirabyôshi
dancer Manshi, where her brother betrayed him, and Ema Koshirô
Yoshitoki came to attack him. This is a brief explanation of the
circumstances (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圖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 Defeats Kidômaru in
Ichihara, Tanba Province (Minamoto no Yorimitsu Ason Tamba no kuni lchihara-no Kidômaru wo taijisuru no zu, 源頼光朝臣丹波国市原野にて四天王の勇士をもつて鬼童丸を退治するの圖) Description: The discovery of Kidômaru
(鬼童丸) 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 |
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Title: Yoshioka Ichimisai’s Daughters... (Yoshioka Ichimisai no musume chichi no ada..., 吉岡一味斎の女父の…) Description: The daughters
of Yoshioka Ichimisai, backed by Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助), fighting Kyôgoku Takumi (京極内匠), 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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義勇孝信 Title: Tales of
Honor, Valor, and Filial Piety: The Heroic Wrestlers (Gi-yû-kô-shin-ei-yû soroi, 義勇孝信 英雄そろひ) Description: O-Seki (お関) watching a trial of strength between
the two wrestlers Nuregami Chôgorô
(濡髪蝶五郎) and Hanaregoma Chôkichi (はなれごま長吉) 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 (Ichi-no-tani
gassen, 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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