Young Models of Great Achievement

(Osana dachi isaoshi kagami, 稚立功名鑑)

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô

1843 – 1846

 

This series is not listed in either Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) or Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The prints are each about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban.

 

 

Title: Oniwaka Maru (鬼若丸)

Description: Oniwaka Maru (Benkei in boyhood) killing a giant carp

 

Title: The young samurai Yoritomo (右兵衛佐頼朝)

Description: Minamoto no Yoritomo fighting in the snow on horseback

Kuniyoshi - Young Models of Great Achievement, Chuban, Shiragiku Maru

 

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Description: Shiragiku  Maru (白菊丸) on a bridge fighting a demon

 

Title: Shibuya Konnômaru (渋谷金王丸)

Description: Konnômaru with anchor and octopus

 

Title: Kaidômaru (怪童丸)

Description: Kaidômaru (怪童丸), who is also known as Kintarô, making beigoma (spinning tops) with his friend the hare

 

Title: Hako-ô Maru (箱王丸, childhood name of Soga Gorô)

Description: Hako-ô Maru fighting an adult

 

Title: Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

Description: Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto Yoshitsune as a child) with the giant Mitsuma no Daita (満間大太 ?? 喜三太)

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