Warrior triptychs
1856
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Title: Minamoto no
Yoritomo at the Battle at Mutsu Province (Yoritomo
Tô-Oku seibatsu: Saijô Totarô Kunihira taishô wo, 源頼朝東奥征伐) Description: During his punitive
expedition to eastern Mutsu in 1189 Yoritomo is attacked by Saijô Kunihira Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei Date: Hare 12,
January 1856 Robinson: T326 |
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Title: At the Ataka Barrier in Kaga Province, Benkei Saves His Master (Kaga no kuni Ataka no seki ni Benkei shûjû no kinan wo suku zu, 加賀国安宅関弁慶主従危難救図) Description: During their
flight disguised as yamabushi (warrior monks), Benkei beats Yoshitsune to avert suspicion at the Ataka
Barrier in Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Date: Dragon 2,
March 1856 Robinson: T327 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Another state of the above design without any purple |
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Title: Chô
chidori satsuki no irodor[B1] i (超ちどりさつきの色どり) Description: The Soga
brothers with Tora of Ôiso between them Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date: Dragon 2,
March 1856 Robinson: T328 |
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Title: The Brave Deed of Breaking the
Water Jars (Mizukame wo kudaite meiyo wo arawasu no zu, 水瓶砕名誉顕圖) Description: Chibata Tatsuie (Shibata Katsuie)
leading his successful sortie from the castle after breaking the water jars Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date: Dragon 2,
March 1856 Robinson: T329 |
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Title: The Lonely
House on Adachi Moor (Adachi-ga-hara hitotsuya no zu, 安達原一ツ家之圖) Description: The Hag of
the Lonely House with a female victim trussed up on the floor and an
apparition of the Buddhist deity Kannon behind Publisher: Ômi-ya Kyûsuke Date: Dragon 3,
April 1856 Robinson: T330 NOTE: This ôban diptych is listed in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil
William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982), but may
actually have been intended to lustrate a group of carved “dolls” displayed
at Kannon Temple in Asakusa. Please
see this link for more
information. |
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Title: The Battle of
Kawanakajima (Kôetsu Kawanakajima ô-kassen, 甲越川中島大合戦) Description: The encounter
between Usami Suruga no Kami and Yamagata Saburohei
on horseback at the Battle of Kawanakajima with
battle smoke and infantry behind Publisher: Ômi-ya Kyûsuke (Kyûjirô) Date: Dragon 4, May
1856 Robinson: T331 |
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Title: Kenshin
Charging into Shingen’s Camp at the Battle of Kawanakajima
(Kawanakajima ryôshô jikisen no zu, 川中嶋両将直戦圖) Description: Kenshin charging
into Shingen’s camp enclosure through rolling clouds of battle smoke at the
Battle of Kawanakajima Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô Date: Dragon 5,
June 1856 Robinson: T332 |
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Title: Hosokawa Kazuuji Captured by the Kusunoki Masashige’s Retainer Tsujikaze and Itamochi (Kusunoki no shin Tsujikaze
Itamochi Hosokawa Sada-uji ikedori
no zu,
楠正成之臣辻風板侍 細川貞氏生捕圖) Description: Hosokawa
Sada-uji (細川貞氏, center) is
seized by the Kusunoki retainers Tsujikaze Saburô (辻風三郎, left) and Itamochi Jirô (板持次郎, right) during
the Battle of Fujiidera in 1348 Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke Date: Dragon 7,
August 1856 Robinson: T333 I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for locating
this image. |
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Another state that is later and less labor intensive |
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Title: The Battle of
the Uji River (Ujigawa ô-kassen, 宇治川大合戦) Description: The fording
of the Uji River in Yoshitsune’s campaign against
Yoshinaka in 1184: Kagesue, Takatsuna,
and their men, with Chichibu Shigetada emerging on
the further bank Publisher: Sagami-ya Tôkichi (Sô-To) Date: Dragon 9,
October 1856 Robinson: T334 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: Revenge at Ganryu-jima Island (Ganryûjima kataki-uchi no zu, 岸柳島報讐圖) Description: Miyamoto
Musashi (宮本武蔵), fencing with
two sticks, makes a leap as he fights the villain Sasaki Ganryû
(佐々木小次郎) on the shore,
watched by an appreciative crowd Publisher: Daikoku-ya Kinnosuke Date: Dragon 9,
October 1856 Robinson: T335 NOTE: Katakiuchi Ganryûjima (Revenge at Ganryûjima
Island, 岸柳島報讐図) is a kabuki
play. |
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Title: Fierce Combat
at the Battle of Kurikaradani (Kurikaradani yûsen no zu, 倶利伽羅谷勇戦図) Description: Although the
combat of Wakagawa Kiyohide and Takuma Gemba at the
Battle of Kurikaradani in 1183 is inscribed on the
triptych, it actually represents Nakagawa Kiyohide and Sakuma Gemba Morimasa
at the Battle of Shizu-ga-mine in 1583 Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date: Dragon 10,
November 1856 Robinson: T336 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: The Battle of Dan-no-ura (Daimotsu-no-ura ô-kassen, 太物浦大合戦) Description: The Battle of
Dan-no-ura: Yoshitsune, sword
in one hand and naginata in the
other, makes his leap, pursued by Noritsune with
the imperial barge in the background Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei Date: Dragon 10,
November 1856 Robinson: T337 I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this
image. |
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Title: Picture of the
Great Battle of Ôshu Takadate
Castle (Ôshû Takadachi-jô ô-kassen no zu, 奥州高舘城大合戦之圖) Description: The Battle of Takadachi in Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date: Dragon 10,
November 1856 Robinson: T338 |
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