Seichu gishin meimei kagami 誠忠義臣名々鏡 (Mirror of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Retainers, Individually), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1857

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 moronao’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. Date: 1857. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Seichu gishin meimei kagami 誠忠義臣名々鏡 (Mirror of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Retainers, Individually) (BM 2008,3037.08318 06)