Captions of Hokusai Manga volume 9

  image1 image2   front cover
1r image1 image2   Preface by Rokujuen Shujin 六樹園主人 advertisements
2r-1v image1 image2 Matta frontispiece: 漫画 九編 Manga, volume nine
Gunbai with Big Dipper constellation
The Nine Emperor Gods are the 7 stars of the Big Dipper and 2 invisible stars
Preface by Rokujuen Shujin 六樹園主人
3r-2v image1 image2 Matta 日本武尊 碓井峠に屯の圖 Yamato Takeru at Usui Pass  
4r-3v image1 image2 Matta 太極五行の陣勢, five elements of Tai chi
東の青龍, 西の白虎 Seiryū (Azure Dragon) in the east, Byakko (white tiger) in the west
南の朱雀, 北の玄武 Suzaku (Vermilion Bird ) in the south, Genbu (Black Tortoise) in the north
石打棚 Ishiuchi-dana (area where warriors can climb up and aim at the enemy)
引橋 pull bridge
扇形水櫓 Fan shaped water tower (pumps water to the castle)
大元師之像 portrait of the commander in chief (Zhuge Liang)
5r-4v image1 image2 Matta Battle of Dan no Ura
源義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune
右ハ鎧の 自由
八艘飛之圖 [Yoshitsune's legendary] eight ship leap
能登守教經 Noto no Kami Noritsune
print by Kunisada
6r-5v image1 image2 Matta print by Kuniyoshi
print by Shigenobu II
江國貝聿里 傀偲女金子力 the strong puppeteer woman Kaneko of Kaizu in Omi province
(episode from vol.10 of Kokon Chomonjū)
7r-6v image1 image2 Matta   烽火台 smoke signals
8r-7v image1 image2 Matta   小子部栖軽 Chisakobe no Sugaru (favorite of emperor Yuryaku)
豊浦の里に 雷を捕ふ in a thunderstorm in Toyoura no Sato
9r-8v image1 image2 Matta 傾城傾国 [woman so glamorous as to be a] destroyer of castles, of the country
hanging scroll by Hokusai
女伶 woman musician
坂ノ上田村麻呂 鈴鹿山賊徒討 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro in Suzuka
10r-9v image1 image2 Matta 盛寵令可 Seichō (the gukin/koto player) and Reika (the kokyu player) 姣童 page
11r-10v image1 image2 Matta print by Hokusai 野見宿祢 Nomi no Sukune (holding a gunbai)
當磨蹴速 Taima no Kehaya
12r-11v image1 image2 Matta 士卒ノ英氣養圖 soldiers acquiring a strong creative spirit
washing rice
lighting the furnace
carrying Sashimi and sake
slicing dried bonito
making miso soup
cleaning a sea bream
fat soldiers :
hanging a kimono
washing laundry
washing, fan with 勝利 (victory)
singing
drawing water
13r-12v image1 image2 Matta 出陳勇勢之圖 [getting ready for] a glorious outing
soldiers with conch and Jindaiko (war drum)
soldiers getting dressed
14r-13v image1 image2 Matta The former Shirabyōshi Giō and her younger sister Gijō in monastic robes
(the page shows an episode from Heike monogatari)
佛御前 Hotoke Gozen (a former Shirabyōshi, asking Giō and Gijō for forgiveness)
嵯峨野 Sagano に祇王 祇女をとう
15r-14v image1 image2 Matta 寡婦 女大井子怪力 the widow Oiko of superhuman strength
hanging scroll by Hokusai
(Oiko is assaulted by the wrestler Saeki Ujinaga,
episode 377 in vol.10 of Kokon Chomonjū)
16r-15v image1 image2 Matta 阿蘭陀人夜に 天文を考える圖 Dutchman thinking about astronomy
(the Dutchman's ears are long like those of Daruma)
常盤 Tokiwa [Gozen] 為子 操を破り renouncing chastity for her children's sake
平相國・清盛 Taira no Kiyomori 貞婦に迫り forces a virtuous woman
print by Yoshitoshi
17r-16v image1 image2 Matta two soldiers burning straw for signaling 相圖
18r-17v image1 image2 Matta 群烏 flock of crows
震火激雷 Lightning from black clouds
光烟柳
雨足 passing shower
百雷嗚 hundred thunderclaps
白雲雙玉 white clouds and two globes
19r-18v image1 image2 Matta   炮碌
20r-19v image1 image2 Matta devastation by earthquake?  
21r-20v image1 image2 Matta 司馬仲達 Sima Zhongda Two Chinese drill a hole to mine ore
another one washes the pieces
22r-21v image1 image2 Matta 鬼童丸 Kidōmaru 市原野に頼光を窺う lies in wait for Yorimitsu in Ichihara plain episode related in Kokon Chomonjū
23r-22v image1 image2 Matta   仁田四郎忠常 Nitta Shiro Tadatsune
富士の巌窟に至る Went to explore the Mt.Fuji Cave
24r-23v image1 image2 Matta building a dam with mud?  
25r-24v image1 image2 Matta 駈立 居鋪 探騎 scouts
26r-25v image1 image2 Matta 藤原純友 Fujiwara No Sumitomo 九州に謀反す revolt in Kyūshū  
27r-26v image1 image2 Matta print by Kuniyoshi 藤太秀郷 Fujiwara no Hidesato
龍宮城に至り arrives at Ryugu Castle
寶を得て帰る and returns with a treasure
28r-27v image1 image2 Matta (he had lost his way in the snowy mountains) 柤公 Duke Huan [of Qi]
老馬随ひ国に帰 returning home led by an old horse
29r-28v image1 image2 Matta 万民戯樂 people's entertainment 大豊作 Bumper crop
29v image1 image2 Matta advertisement 天下豢平 [praying for] a peaceful world