Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(1797 – 1861)

Five Warriors Likened to Five Famous Horses of Great Men

五将軍見立五人男馬超

Actor / Schauspieler: Kanjaku (poetry name of Nakamura Utaemon IV)
Role / Rolle: Token Gombei
Signature / Signatur: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Publisher / Verleger: Ise-ya Sanjuro
Date / Datierung: 1843
Dimension / Format: oban tate-e, 25.5 x 36 cm
From the collection of B.W. Robinson, the author of "Kuniyoshi - Warrior Prints"

Munehiro
(active c. 1850-70)

Actor: Mimasu Inemaru I as Nagoya Sanza (Sanzaburô / 名古屋山三郎, left) and Ichikawa Saruzo I as (Fuwa) Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門, right)
Play: Keisei Inazuma Zoshi
performed at Wakadaju Theatre 9/1855
lit. Ikeda Bunko Vol.III no.309
chuban, 17 x 24,5 cm

Yoshitoyo
(1830-66)
A pupil of Kunisada, later of Kuniyoshi, who worked in Edo and Osaka

A chuban deluxe diptych and two different versions of the left sheet.
The left one is the deluxe edition with silver and gold pigments, the right one a standard edition.

Role: Sasano Gonza
Play: Gonza Gonpachi Hanashimo Yoshiwara
performed: c.1855
lit. Waseda 6-355

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Title: Iwami Buyuden (Act 1)
Actor: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Hirose Gunzo
Play: Iwami Jutaro
performed Naka Theatre 3/1855
right sheet of a diptych
lit. Waseda 6-355

The complete diptych. Thanks to Mr.G.J. for the better picture.

ANDO HIROSHIGE
(1797 - 1858)

Kanadehon Chushingura

The Storehouse of Loyalty
Schatzhaus der treuen Vasallen

Act 1
The Hachiman Temple looking out over the Bay of Yedo. Moronao turning his back on Wakasa and Yenya, and walking away; Lady Kawoyo behind them looking at the retreating Moronao.

Akt 1
Der Hachiman Tempel, im Hintergrund die Bucht von Yedo. Moronao wendet Wakasa und Yenya den Rücken zu und geht. Lady Kawoyo steht hinter ihnen und sieht dem wegschreitenden Moronao nach.

Signature / Signatur: Hiroshige ga
Publisher/ Verleger: Marusai
Censor's seals / Zensorensiegel: Kinugasa, Watanabe
Date / Datierung: 1842-1853
oban yoko-e, lower margin trimmed / unterer Rand fehlt

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(1797 – 1861)

Fujito hama Sasaki Moritsuna etc.

Sasaki Moritsuna and his troops fording the Inland Sea at sunrise to attack the Taira at Kojima Castle in Bizen on November 1, 1184


Signature: Kuniyoshi ga, with Kiri seal
Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
Date: Late 1849-1850
oban tate-e triptych
see in B.W. Robinson "Warrior Prints" T220
mpc

Signature: Kiyo Sada aratame Masunobu
Role: Nikki Danjo
Serie: Kokin Komaiden / Stories from the past and now
Date: 1848

SADAHIDE
(1807 - 1873)

Great procession with hundreds of people
Prozession mit hunderten von Menschen

Signature / Signatur: --- Sadahide ga
Publisher / Verleger: Kobayashi Taijirō (Bunseidō)
Date / Datum: c.1850's
Censor's seal / Zensorsiegel: Mera
Dimension / Format: oban tate-e triptych each sheet approx 35 x 25 cm

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(1797 – 1861)


The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in a scene from the Kabuki play Ki-ichi, performed in the 8th 1849

Der Schauspieler Nakamura Utaemon IV in einer Rolle des Kabuki Stücks Ki-ichi. aufgeführt im achten Monat des Jahres 1849

Signature / Signatur: Kuniyoshi ga, with / mit Kiri seal / Siegel
Publisher / Verleger: Ebiya Rinnosuke
Date / Datierung: c.1849
Dimension / Format: oban tate-e, 23.5 x 35 cm

Aus der Sammlung von B.W. Robinson, Autor des Buches "Kuniyoshi - Warrior Prints".

The complete triptych:
(l.to r.): Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kiichi Hogen, Bando Shuka as Tarozo aka Ushiwakamaru
and Sekisanjuro II as Chienai aka Yoshioka Kisanta