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Kuniyoshi’s Heroes of China and Japan

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of warriors by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) by Oliver Impey and Mitsuko Watanabe (published Oxford, 2003).

Kuniyoshi’s Heroes of China and Japan by Oliver Impey and Mitsuko Watanabe

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Chūsenko Teitokuson (Ding Desun)

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Ding

  • Ding

    A Chinese bronze tripod ritual cooking vessel. Also a type of white porcelain from Northern China.

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    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Kuniyoshi’s Heroes of China and Japan by Oliver Impey and Mitsuko Watanabe

    Kuniyoshi’s Heroes of China and Japan

    Suikoden chapter 69

    Chūsenko Teitokuson was born in Bashō-fu (Dongchang fu). He was master of the use of a particular type of sword called a hisa, while riding a horse. At the battle of Kyūshū, his army was attacked by an enemy during a night raid, and Teitokuson was bitten by a poisonous snake in a bush near Renshūon during the counterattack. The poison spread to his stomach and caused him to suffer a painful death.

    In this print, the enormous snake is surrounding his body while Teitokuson is trying to strike the snake with his sword using both hands.
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