Famous Fights Between Brave Men

Yoshitoshi's 'Eimei kumiuchi zoroi' (11/1865 - 01/1866)


Introduction

This page catalogs all known prints in the Yoshitoshi series 'Eimei kumiuchi zoroi (Famous Fights Between Brave Men)'. This is a rarely seen early series, publihshed early in Yoshitoshi's career. The total number of prints created is unknown. Keyes catalogs four prints, B+V catalogs eight, and we have added one more below. Please help us discover additional prints!

Technical details

Previous cataloguings

Listed in Keyes' thesis:
	Roger. S. Keyes, "Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and
		Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Cinncinnati, 1982
where it appears as series #149;

	Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, " Beauty and Violence: Japanese 
		Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892 ", 
		Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992

 where it appears as series #14, pages 38, 103

We use the B+V numbers to order the prints below, adding additional prints as we find them.


The Prints

To see a larger image of any print, please click on the thumbnail.


 
Thumbnail
Number
Date
Title
Description
#01
11/1865
Tomoe Gozen, wife of Kiso no Yoshinaka, fighting with Uchida Saburō.  
#02
11/1865 Tsukushima Masamori (1561 - 1624) and Kyōsokabe Yatarō tumbling down a cliff  
#03
11/1865 Nenoi Oyata grappling with Mushashibō Benkei  
#04
  Konda Teihachirō Tadakazu and Makara Jūrōzaemon Naozumi grappling by water.  
Image needed
#05
01/1866 Saitō Toshimoto Nyūdō Rhūhon (a retainer of Katō Kiyomasa) in an underwater fight with a Chinese opponent.  
Image needed
#06
11/1865 Watanabe Genji no Tsuna grappling with Shogun Taro Tara no Yoshikado.  
#07
  Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada fighting Matano Gorō Kagehisa on a rocky site near water.  
Image needed
#08
  Okabe Rokuyata fighting with Satsuma no kami Tadamori on the seashore  
#09
  Kiso (Minamoto) Yoshinaka and Mikaya Morihira  


 

Acknowledgements

Thanks to (in alphabetical order) xxx, yyy and zzz, who searched for these things across catalogues of sale and show, provided scans of illustrations, translated titles, etc, etc.




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