Title : Seichu gishin meimei kagami 誠忠義臣名々鏡 (Mirror of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Retainers, Individually)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1857

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Woodblock printed album, oban tate-e format. 1. (No. 22) Uramatsu Kihei Hidenao in a covered boat; 2. (No. 11) Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane chastising two palanquin bearers; 3. Yoshida Kawaemon Kanesada running along the water’s edge in a fur helmet, carrying a spear; 4. Isoai Juroemon Masahisa and an enemy chasing each other around a large standing screen; 5. (No. 12) Kimura Okuemon Sadayuki using his sword to fend of a thrown spear and various other objects; 6. (No. 15) Yazama Kihei Mitsunobu in the snow holding his spear and helmet; 7. (No. 10) Sugatani Inojo Masatoshi standing by a moat with a spear in his hand and his foot on a stone; 8. (No. 40) Uramatsu Handayu Takanao testing a sword blade without its handle on a doorpost; 9. (No. 19) Onodera Koemon Hidetome chasing a stumbling enemy on a veranda; 10. Kadono Juheiji Tsugifusa kneeling before an unseen Buddhist shrine; 11. (No. 29) Kaiga Yazaemon Tomonobu stand in a bridge holding a spear; 12. (No. 25) Sakagaki Genzo Masakata holding his spear and taking a drink in Morono’s mansion; 13. (No. 38) Senzaki Yagoro Noriyasu using his sword to block a thrown bundle of wood, a fallen enemy behind him; 14. Hayano Kanpei Tsuneyo seated before a torn lamp before committing seppuku; 15. Takebayashi Sadashichi Takashige making a sword stroke to disarm an enemy; 16. (No. 4) Hara Goemon Mototoki thrusting his spear at a foe who has fallen into the icy water; 17. Yazama Shunroku Mitsukaze fighting a tengu; 18. (No. 1) Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio beating a drum in the snow by a body of water.

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