This page catalogs all known prints in
the Yoshitoshi
series
'
Bidan musha hakkei (Eight Views from Fine Tales of Warriors)'. This is Yoshitoshi's first triptych series, published early in his career. The subject matter in print #07, Fujiwara no Yasumasa, is an early attempt at what would later develop into one of his masterpiece works.
Publication details
Dates: 08/1867 - 02/1868
Size:
Ōban triptych series
Signed:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi hitsu
Seal: Kaisai
Publisher: Kinseidō
Catalogue references and numbering
Print numbers follow Beauty and Violence.
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 #200;
Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, " Beauty and Violence: Japanese
Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892 ",
Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992
where it appears as series #19, pages 43, 105
We use the B+V numbers to order the prints below, adding additional prints as we find them.
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.
Returning sails in the Rikyū Island. Tametomo and Neiwanjo.VIEW PRINT ↗#02Returning sails in the Rikyū Island. Tametomo and Neiwanjo.09/1867
Storm wind at Togakushi.VIEW PRINT ↗#03Storm wind at Togakushi.01/1868
Saijō Uesugi Kenshin dancing before ghostsVIEW PRINT ↗#04Saijō Uesugi Kenshin dancing before ghosts02/1868
Evening rain at Nagashino. Warrior and herons.VIEW PRINT ↗#05Evening rain at Nagashino. Warrior and herons.02/1868
Descending geese at Yahagibashi bridge. Impressions with dark and light sky; reprinted 2/1894VIEW PRINT ↗#06Descending geese at Yahagibashi bridge. Impressions with dark and light sky; reprinted 2/18941868
Autumn moon. The bandit Hakamadare stalks Fujiwara no Yasumasa on the autumn moor (together with Wakai Shuntei).VIEW PRINT ↗#07Autumn moon. The bandit Hakamadare stalks Fujiwara no Yasumasa on the autumn moor (together with Wakai Shuntei).1868
鶴岡の暮雪Evening Snow at TsurugaokaVIEW PRINT ↗#08Evening Snow at Tsurugaoka