Warrior triptychs
1846
Title: Satsuma no
Kami Tadanori’s last poem forms the title of the triptych:
Description: Satsuma no
Kami Tadanori writing his last poem under the cherry trees on the evening
before his death at Ichi-no-tani
on Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei Date: 1846 Robinson: T173 |
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Title: Depiction of
a Hodgepodge of Revenge Stories (Fukushû kagami ni maze no ki, 復讐鑑烹雑之記) Description: Composite
picture of various dramatic stories of revenge Publisher: Jingi Kikubei Date: 1846 Robinson: T174 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the
above design. |
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Title: Battle of Kawanakajima: Battle of Kenshin
and Shingen (Kawanakajima ô-kassen: Kenshin Shingen tachi-uchi no zu, 川中嶋大合戦 謙信 信玄 太刀打之圖) Description: Personal
encounter of Shingen and Kenshin
in the river at the battle of Kawanakajima in 1560 Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Jimbei Date: 1846 Robinson: T175 |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Glorious
Sunset (seiran, 晴嵐) Description: Miyamoto Musashi by a mill-stream knocking down Shirakura Dengoyemon and his
men with a broken beam Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei Date: 1846 Robinson: T176 |
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Another state of the above design published by Jôshû-ya Juzô |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Descending
Geese at Takadono (Takadono no rakugan, 高殿落雁) Description: Masakado drinking sake
on a terrace with Kikyô-no-maye
and other ladies watching a flight of wild geese in the year 939 Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei Date: 1846 Robinson: T177 |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Evening Bell
at Shôshazan (Shôshazan no banshô, 書冩山 晩鐘) Description: Oniwaka Maru (鬼若丸) knocking down
attackers on the steps of Enkyôji Temple in Harima
Province Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei Date: 1846 Robinson: T178 |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Evening Glow
at Yashima (Yashima no sekishô, 屋島夕照) Description: Benkei looking through a telescope (left) at Lady Tamamushi-no-maye (right) and
the fan on the pole at the Battle of Yashima Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1846 Robinson: T179 I am grateful to Louise Ariëns Kappers and C.P.J. van der Peet for this image. |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Returning
sails (kihan, 帰帆) Description: Koman (小万) swimming in Lake Biwa with the
Minamoto banner is attacked from the Taira barge by Sanemori
Publisher: Ise-ya Ichibei Date: 1846 Robinson: T180 |
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Another state of the above design |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Autumn Moon
at Kanzaki (Kanzaki no shûgwatsu, 神崎秋月) Description: The boatman Matsuyemon (formerly Higuchi Jirô
Kanemitsu) hurling a huge anchor Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei (十 堀江 小嶋板), called “Koshima” in Robinson Date: 1846 Robinson: T181 |
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Series: Selection for
the Eight Views (Mitate hakkei, 美盾八競) Title: Evening Rain
in the Gion Woods (Gionbayashi no ya-u, 祇園林夜雨) Description: Taira no Tadamori (center) and the oil-thief (right) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Date: 1846 Robinson: T182 NOTE: This triptych is by Hiroshige—not
Kuniyoshi. However it belongs to the
same series— Mitate hakkei—as
triptychs T176, T177, T178, T179, T180 and T181. Mitate
hakkei may be translated as “Selection for the
Eight Views”, “Parodies of the Eight Views” or “Allegory of the Eight
Views”. |
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Title: Watônai Hunting a Tiger (Watônai tora-gari no zu,
和藤内虎狩之圖) Description: Katô Kiyomasa (Watônai) attacking a huge tiger in the snow in Publisher: Yamashiro-ya Jimbei Date: 1846 Robinson: T183 Detail showing tiger with Japanese soldier in his mouth: |
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