108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden,
Part II
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Japanese name: Rôrihakuchô
Chôjun (浪裡白跳張順) Chinese name: Zhang Shun Scene: Rôrihakuchô Chôjun
with a sword between his teeth wrenches apart the bars of a water gate Robinson: S47.16 |
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Another state |
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Another state with a green gate decoration |
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Japanese name: Ryûchitaisai
(or Ritchitaisai) Genshôji (立地太歳阮小二) Chinese name: Ruan Xiao’er Scene: Ryûchitaisai
Genshôji in a boat using a rudder to ward off flying arrows Robinson: S47.17 |
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Japanese name: Sekibakki (or
Sekihakki) Ryutô (赤髪鬼劉唐) Chinese name: Liu Tang Scene: Sekibakki
Ryutô seated on a dais beneath a brocade curtain Robinson: S47.18 |
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Japanese name: Sekishôgun
Sekiyû (石將軍石勇) Chinese name: Shi Yong Scene: Sekishôgun
Sekiyû throwing a broken cangue (wooden punishment yoke) at foe Robinson: S47.19 |
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Japanese name: Senkwaji (or
Senkaji) Chôô (舩火兒張横) Chinese name: Zhang Heng Scene: The Boatman
Senkwaji Chôô on a river bank wringing out his loincloth with a bag in his
mouth Robinson: S47.20 |
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Japanese name: Shameisaburô
(or Henmeisanrô) Sekishû (捨命三郎石秀) Chinese name: Shi Xui Scene: Shameisaburô
Sekishû in wide straw hat carrying a mokugyo
(wooden ceremonial drum with carved fish design) and a stick Robinson: S47.21 |
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Japanese name: Shûgumba (or
Shûgunba) Sensan (醜軍馬宣賛) Chinese name: Xuan Zan Scene: Shûgumba
Sensan in a wind by a torrent makes a sword stroke while his hat blows away Robinson: S47.22 |
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Another state of the above print (note the red signature seals) |
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Japanese name: Taitô Kwanshô
(or Daitô Kanshô, 大刀關勝) Chinese name: Guan Sheng Scene: Taitô Kwanshô
on the seashore swinging his huge glaive (pole arm) Robinson: S47.23 |
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Japanese name: Tammeijirô
(or Tanmeijirô) Genshôgo (短命二郎阮小五) Chinese name: Ruan Xiaowu Scene: Tammeijirô
Genshôgo under water grasping a rope with a sword in his other hand Robinson: S47.24 |
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This is another state of the above print with markedly different
colors |
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Japanese name: Botsumenmoku Shôtei (沒靣目 焦挺) Chinese name: Jiao Ting Scene: Jiao Ting in
a wrestling match Robinson: Unlisted I am grateful to Robert Pryor for locating this drawing in the
collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which was never made into a
woodblock print. |
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Japanese name: Bokutenô Riô (撲天鵰 李應) Chinese name: Li Ying Scene: Li Ying
tearing down a wall Robinson: Unlisted I am grateful to Robert Pryor for locating this drawing in the
collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which was never made into a
woodblock print. |
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Japanese name: Kyubiki Tôsô-ô, nicknamed Nine-tailed
Turtle (九尾龜 陶宗旺) Chinese name: Tao
Tsung-wang (or Tao Zongwang) Scene: Kyubiki
Tôsô-ô with a shield Robinson: Unlisted NOTE: This drawing
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Japanese name: Unrikongô
Sôman (雲里金剛宋萬), nicknamed
Giant in the Clouds Chinese name: Song Wan Scene: Unrikongô
Sôman with a Buddhist statue Robinson: Unlisted NOTE: This drawing
in the collection of the I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement. CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN
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