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. I am grateful to Vladislav Shevyrev for his contributions to this series.

	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
	Title: 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
	Another state of the above design
	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 who later became Kisanta (満間の大太 後ニ喜三太)
	Title: Takeda Katsuchiyomaru (武田勝千代丸) Description: Takeda Katsuchiyomaru (the childhood name of Takeda Katsuyori) with drawn sword killing a giant tanuki (raccoon dog)
	Title: Nagasaki Jirô Takashige (長崎二郎高重) Description: Nagasaki Jirô Takashige, bear chested, holding a box

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