Warrior triptychs
1856
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Title: Minamoto no
Yoritomo at the battle at 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: Kaga no kuni Ataka no seki ni Benkei shûjû no kinan wo suku zu 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 irodori 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: Mizukame wo kudaite meiyo wo arawasu no zu (水瓶砕名誉顕圖, Display of
Honor: Breaking Water Jars) 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: Adachi-ga-hara hitotsuya
no zu (The Lonely House on Adachi Moor, 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: Kôetsu Kawanakajima ô-kassen 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: Kawanakajima ryôshô jikisen no zu (Kenshin Charging into Shingen's Camp at
the Battle of Kawanakajima, 川中嶋両将直戦図) 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: Kusunoki no shin Tsujikaze
Itamochi Hosokawa Sada-uji ikedori
no zu (楠正成之臣辻風板侍 細川貞氏生捕図) 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: Ujigawa ô-kassen
(The fording of the Uji River) 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: Ganryûjima kataki-uchi no zu (岸柳島報讐之図) Description: Miyamoto
Musashi, fencing with two sticks, makes a leap as he fights the villain
Sasaki Ganryû 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: Daimotsu-no-ura ô-kassen (The Battle of Dan-no-ura) 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: Ôshû Takadachi-jô ô-kassen no zu (奥州高舘城大合戦之図) Description: The Battle of Takadachi in Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô Date: Dragon 10,
November 1856 Robinson: T338 |
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