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TRIPTYCHSKEYES NUMBERS 400–449

37 catalogue entries, including individual triptychs and triptychs belonging to series. Hover over a thumbnail for a preview; click to view the larger image and print information.

37 entries

Keyes no.ImageTitle & informationDate
403*Image not availableThe Eastern wind clears away the clouds in the South-WestOkige {Seinan} no kumo harau {harasu} asagochi {asakochi}Triptych西南 [の] 雲 晴 朝東風
Catalogue notesPossibly the same as #401 or #402 (unlisted diptychs of the same title)?
ca. 1878 (3)
407Famous soldiers of JapanFamous soldiers of JapanNihon bumei-denTriptych日本 武名傳 (伝)1878 (5)
408A chronology of rulers of JapanA chronology of rulers of JapanKōkoku rekidai kinnō kurabeTriptych皇國 歴代 勤王 竸 (皇国)1878 (11 or 12)
413The Imperial spring poetry competitionThe Imperial spring poetry competitionShunkyō o-utakaiTriptych春興 御歌會 (御歌会)1879 (20.1)
416Image not availableAkamatsu Manyū and the white plum banner(Untitled?)Akamatsu Manyū ume no shirohataTriptych赤松 満祐 梅 [の] 白旗1879 (2)
417Image not available(Untitled)Triptych市川 団十郎 武蔵坊 弁慶(團十郎)
Alternative titlesIchikawa Danjurō IX as Musashibō Benkei in 'Kanjinchō'
1879 (2)
418.01Amaterasu OmikamiAmaterasu OmikamiShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych天照皇 太神1879/4
418.02Emperor YūryakuEmperor YūryakuShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych1879/4
418.03Image not availableEmperor ItokuShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych1879
418.04Empress JingūEmpress JingūShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych第十五代 神功皇后1879/4
418.05Emperor KameyamaEmperor KameyamaShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych第九十一代 亀山 天皇1879
418.06Emperor AntokuEmperor AntokuShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych第八十代 安徳 天皇1880/4
418.07Emperor TakakuraEmperor TakakuraShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych1880/4
418.08Emperor KeikōEmperor KeikōShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych1880/5
418.09Emperor SutokuEmperor SutokuShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych第七十六代 崇徳 天皇1880
418.10Emperor Go-DaigoEmperor Go-DaigoShort Illustrated History of Great JapanTriptych第九十四代 後醍醐 天皇1880
418.11Emperor JimmuEmperor JimmuShort Illustrated History of Great JapanDai ichidai Jinmu TennōTriptych第一代 神武天皇1880
420Image not availableThe Kagoshima rebels leaving camp for battleKagoshima bōto shutsujin [no] zuTriptych鹿兒嶋 暴徒 出陣 [之] 圖(児島)1879
421$Court ladies board a train at the stationCourt ladies board a train at the stationKanjo sutēshon chakusha no zuTriptych官女 ステーシヨン 着車 ノ 圖1879
422$Image not availableSix poets of imperialismKinnō kokufu rokkasenTriptych勤王 國風 六家撰
Catalogue notesThe kan-ji used for kasen here are not the usual ones - 歌仙 - which mean 'great poet'; these (meaning 'in-house' and 'composing') have more of a sense of 'poet laureate'.
1879
423Image not availableKusonoki Masashige reports the matter of the imperial consort to the EmperorNankōki Masashige jugo no koto o sōmon zuTriptych楠公記 正成 循后 の 亊 を 奏聞 図 (楠木)1879
424Image not availableThe crescent moonYumiharizukiTriptych弓張月1879
429Image not availableThe disastrous end of Chief Minister IiIi Tairō sōnanTriptych井伊 大老 遭難
Catalogue notesThe two prints of this series can be united to form a hexaptych.
1880
429.1Image not availableTriptych
Catalogue notesLeft-hand triptych; lake and moat
1880
429.2Image not availableTriptych
Catalogue notesRight-hand triptych bridge and gate
1880
430Court ladies composing linked verse at a cherry blossom partyCourt ladies composing linked verse at a cherry blossom partyKanjo ōen renga no zuTriptych官女 桜筵 連歌 之 圖1880
432Image not availableA bugaku performance at the Imperial Palace during the Doll FestivalHinamatsuri Shishinden bugaku no zuTriptych雛祭 紫震殿 舞楽 之 図(紫宸殿)ca. 1880
434Ushiwaka learns the martial arts on Mt. KuramaUshiwaka learns the martial arts on Mt. KuramaKurama-yama sōjōdani {sōjōkei} ni Ushiwakamaru gekitō remma no zuTriptych鞍馬山 僧上蹊 [に] 牛孺麿 撃刀 練磨 之 図 (僧正段位) (牛若丸)
Alternative titlesThe young Minamoto no Yoshitsune learns the martial arts on Mt. Kurama
1880
437Image not availableThe great battle of YashimaYashima ō-kassen no zuTriptych矢嶋 大合戦 之 圖1881 (2.5)
439The great battle between the Genji and the Heike at YashimaThe great battle between the Genji and the Heike at YashimaGenpei Yashima ō-kassen no zuTriptych源平 矢嶋 大合戦 之 圖1881
440$Ushiwaka and Benkei duelling on Gojō Bridge: An episode from the Chronicles of YoshitsuneUshiwaka and Benkei duelling on Gojō Bridge: An episode from the Chronicles of YoshitsuneGikeiki Gojō-bashi no zuTriptych義經記 五條橋 之 圖(経) (条)1881
443The supernatural beings at Shirazunoyabu in YawataThe supernatural beings at Shirazunoyabu in YawataShirazunoyabu Yawata no jikkaiTriptych不知籔 八幡 之 實怪 (藪/薮) (実怪)
Catalogue notesThis title probably includes some of the wordplay one sometimes sees in print titles; a related term, yawatanoyabushirazu, seems to mean 'laybyrinth' or 'maze'. The rōmaji or translation might be incorrect; the kanji is definitely correct, though; it has been checked against an image of the print.
1881
444Image not availablePortraits of rulers of the Tokugawa clanTokugawa rekidai shōzōTriptych徳川 歴代 肖像1881
445Six new monstersSix new monstersShinyō rokkaisenTriptych新容 六怪撰
Catalogue notesPossibly a series, given the title? The known print shows Kiyomori in the skull garden.
1882 (10.5)
447$Image not availableThe great deed of attacking Korea: High spirits in JapanSeikan ikō Nihon no genkiTriptych征韓 偉功 日本 之 元氣 (気)
Catalogue notesReprinted as #527.
1882 (8)
448$Image not availableView of the great conference on the conquest of KoreaChōsen seibatsu daihyōjō [no] zuTriptych朝鮮 征伐 大評定 [之] 圖
Catalogue notesThe exact second character in the title does not seem to be either in any dictionary the curators have access to, or in Unicode either.
1882 (8)
449A comic entertainment of the Seven Lucky GodsA comic entertainment of the Seven Lucky GodsShichifukujin tawamure no zuTriptych七福神 戯 之 図1882 (10)

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Thanks to Antique Art Morimiya for keeping detailed images of Yoshitoshi triptychs online, including sold prints. These images helped confirm and correct catalogue titles.