Warrior triptychs
1851-1852, Part I
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Title: The Rebellion
of Masakado’s cousin Rokuro Koren (Masakado
muhon no kuwadate ototo Rokurô Kintsura kore wo isamu, 将門むほんの企て従弟六郎公連 これをいさむ) Description: Rokurô Kintsura (六郎公連) driven from
the court of his brother Masakado after protesting at the latter’s rebellious
schemes Publisher: Izumi-ya
Ichibei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T252 |
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Title: Tametomo’s Martial Strength (Tametomo
no yumi no ikioi no zu (Tametomo’s Martial Strength, 為朝弓勢之圖) Description: Tametomo,
attended by his followers, sinking the leading ship of Mochimitsu’s fleet
with a single arrow with a small whirlpool to the left Publisher: Tsuta-ya
Umejirô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T254 |
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Title: Hidehira, Governor of
Mutsu Province, Holding Court (Mutsu no
Kami Hidehira hyôjô no zu, 陸奥守秀衡評定之圖) Description: Fujiwara no Hidehira, Lord of Mutsu and protector of Yoshitsune
holding court Publisher: Fujioka-ya
Keijirô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T255 |
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Title: The Great
Battle of Yashima (Yashima ô-kassen, 八島大合戦) Description: The Battle of
Yashima: Noritsune (left) shooting Satô Tsuginobu; behind, the Taira fleet,
with Nasu no Yoichi shooting the fan off the pole Publisher: Hayashi-ya
Shôgorô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T256 I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this
image. This triptych may be placed
side-by-side with T221 to form a six-sheet composition:
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Another state of the above design published by Daikoku-ya Heikichi.
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Title: Preparations
for the Battle of Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima kassen sonae wo tatenaosu zu (川中島合戦 備を立直す圖) Description: Takeda Shingen
reviewing his troops, who carry large inscribed banners, in preparation for
the Battle of Kawanakajima Publisher: Tsujioka-ya
Bunsuke Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T258 |
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Title: The Great Battle
of Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima ô-kassen no zu, 川中島大合戦之圖) Description: The prowess
of Yamamoto Kansuke at the Battle of Kawanakajima Publisher: Izumi-ya
Ichibei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T259 |
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Title: Treasury of
the Loyal Retainers: Picture of the Night Attack (Chûshingura yo-uchi no zu,
忠臣蔵夜討之圖) Description: The seizing
of Moronao (right) by the Forty-Seven Rônin,
while the fight goes on in the garden and palace Publisher: Tsujioka-ya
Bunsuke Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T260 |
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A later printing of the above design with a blue title cartouche
in the right upper corner. This is a
simplified and less labor intensive printing in which the shading (bokashi) on the snow-covered roof was
eliminated. Bokashi was achieved by hand-applying a gradation of ink to the
wooden printing block, rather than inking the block uniformly. This
hand-application had to be repeated for each impression. |
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Title: Untitled Description: Raikô (頼光) and his
retainers attacking the drunken monster Shuten-dôji
(酒呑童子) on Mount Ôe Publisher: Amatsu Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T261 |
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Title: Untitled Description: Kidô Maru (鬼童丸), making a
rush at Raikô, is seized by the latter’s retainers Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya
Tôbei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T262 |
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Another state of the above print.
Note Kidô Maru’s skin color in the central panel. |
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Title: The Former
Emperor [Sutoku] from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to
Rescue Tametomo (Sanuki no in kenzoku wo shite Tametomo wo sukuni
zu, 讃岐院眷属をして為朝をすくに圖) Description: Tametomo,
shipwrecked by a giant fish, is rescued by tengu Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya
Masagorô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T263 |
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Detail of the above triptych |
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Title: Ushiwaka Maru Studies the Martial Arts with Sôjô-bô (Ushiwaka Maru Sôjô-bô no shitagau bujutsu wo, 牛若丸僧正坊隋武術覚圖) Description: Ushiwaka Maru, attended by Kisanda, practicing fencing
with the tengu in the forest at
night under the direction of their king, Sôjô-bô Publisher: Enshû-ya
Hikobei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T264 |
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Title: Picture of
the Great Battle of Awazu Moor (Awazu-ga-hara ô-kassen no zu, 粟津原大合戰之圖) Description: The Battle of
Awazu Moor: Tomoe-gozen given a drink of water by Kaneyuki (center),
Yoshinaka urging his horse into the frozen bog (right) and Kanehira fighting
off the pursuit Publisher: Maru-ya
Seijirô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T265 |
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Title: The Sea Bed
at Daimotsu Bay (Daimotsu-no-ura kaitei no
zu, 大物之浦海底之圖) Description: The ghosts of
Tomomori, with his huge anchor, and the other slain Taira warriors at the
bottom of the sea; some, in the form of crabs, hurry off to attack
Yoshitsune’s ship Publisher: Fujioka-ya
Keijirô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T266 |
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Title: The Night
Attack at Horikawa (Horikawa yo-uchi no zu, 堀川夜討ノ圖) Description: Yoshitsune
and his men (Benkei and Shizuka in the lead) on a wooden platform fighting
off the troops of Tosa-bô Shôshun attacking the Horikawa Palace Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T267 |
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Title: The Battle of
Takadachi in Osshu (Ôshû Takadachi kassen, 奥州高舘合戦) Description: Hatakeyama Shigetada,
a large mounted figure (right), reconnoitering the castle of Takadachi across
the moat Publisher: Fujioka-ya
Keijirô Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T268 |
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Title: Yoritomo’s
Battle at Hiraizumi in Mutsu Province: The Attack
by Water (Yoritomo Ôshû
Hiraizumi kassen mizuseme no zu, 頼朝奥州平泉合戦水(平泉合戦水責之圖) Description: Yoritomo’s
troops swept away by a flood and falling under the enemy’s arrows in their
attack on Hiraizumi with Wada Yoshimori clinging to an overturned boat
(center foreground) Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya
Tôbei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T268a |
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Title: The Soga
Brothers Revenge Their Father (Soga kyôdai chichi no ada-uchi no zu, 曽我兄弟父の仇討圖) Description: The Soga
brothers’ revenge: Gorô, after killing Suketsune, knocking down Yoritomo’s retainers, whirling
one of them: by the arm, while Jurô is engaged by Tadatsune Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei Date: 1851-1852 Robinson: T269 |
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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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