Names Beginning
with A-F
|
Name |
Identity |
Single
Sheet Prints |
Triptychs
and Diptychs |
|
A
Tow |
son
of Gentoku |
S10
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Adachi-Ga-Hara |
‘Hag
of the Lonely House’ villainess of popular mythology |
S23.6;
S74.49 |
T82;
T318; T330 |
|
Akabori Mizuemon |
dramatic
villain (Kameyama-zome) |
S45.51 |
|
|
Akagari Daidô |
son
of Hana-no-moto |
S36.61 |
|
|
Akahito, Yamabe no |
(Eighth
century) one of the Hundred Poets |
S19.4;
S27.4; S44.18 |
|
|
|
vassal
of Toki, d. 1582 |
S62.2 |
|
|
Akazawa Jûnai |
dramatic
character in the Soga cycle |
S46.83 |
|
|
Akechi Jûrôzaemon Mitsuchika |
lord
of Fukuchiyama, d. 1582 |
S62.46 |
|
|
Akechi Mitsuhide |
advisor
to Oda Nobunga |
S62.47 |
|
|
Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu |
16th
century warrior, d. 1582 |
S62.51 |
|
|
Akisuke, Sakyô-no-Dayû |
one
of the Hundred Poets; of the Fujiwara clan |
S19.79 |
|
|
Akitsushima |
a
wrestler in the play Shôbuzuke |
S45.52 |
|
|
Akiyama
Chôbei |
servant
to Iemon in O-Iwa kwaidan |
S45.25 |
|
|
Akiyuki, Sugimoto |
(fourteenth
century) follower of Kusunoki Masashige |
|
T352 |
|
Akogi Heiji |
filial
character in Samezaya |
S46.71 |
|
|
Akoya |
mistress
of Kagekiyo |
S36.9;
S46.18 |
|
|
ama |
'diving-girl'
associated with Fujiwara no Kamatari; also known as
Tamatori |
S1f.2;
S35.15; S45.22; S46.11 |
T189;
T299 |
|
Amagawaya Gihei |
Chûshingura character |
S56.6;
S74.53; S86.10 |
|
|
Amakasu Ômi no Kami Kagetoki |
Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima (1550-60)... Kawanakajima (1550-60) |
S34.9 |
T324 |
|
Amamiuchi-No-Sukune |
(third
century) brother of Takeshiuchi-no-sukune (third
century) brother of Takeshiuchi-no-sukune |
S74.35 |
|
|
Anju-Hime |
tragic
heroine of romance |
S20.1;
S95c.3a S23.1;
S36.37 |
|
|
Antoku Tennô |
boy-Emperor,
drowned at Dan-no-ura |
S46.22 |
T96 |
|
Arai
Maru |
servant
of the witch Takiyasha (late tenth century). |
S74.28 |
T138 |
|
Arakawa
Izu No Kami |
Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima (1550-1560) (1550-60) |
S34.10 |
|
|
Araki
Mataemon |
swordsman
in the Igagoe revenge story; also known as Karaki Masaemon |
S36.6;
S37.1 |
T29;
T106; T250; T290 |
|
Araki
Setsu-no kami Murashige |
lord
of |
S62.4 |
|
|
Arikuni, Musashi Saburozaemon |
Taira
warrior slain by Tomoe-gozen |
S1e.8 |
|
|
Ariô Maru |
servant
of Shunkwan (late twelfth century) |
S1c.13;
S15.9 |
|
|
Arlmasa, Sada Mutsu no Kami |
retainer
of Nobunaga, and then of Shibata Katsuie (late
sixteenth century) |
S62.29 |
|
|
Asahina Saburô Yoshihide |
early
thirteenth-century warrior and strong man; also called Yoshihide |
S1a.12;
S1c.14; S22.3; S31.27; S32.1; S35a (not in Robinson); S43.4; S45.34; S73.16;
S89.1 |
T31;
T102; T119; T218; T281; T342 |
|
Asai Nagamasa |
warrior,
1545-1573 |
S62.5 |
|
|
Asaka |
wife
of Yokoyama Tarô in the dramatized story of Oguri Hangwan |
S46.58 |
|
|
Asakura Saemonnokami Yoshikage |
lord
of Echizen Province, 1533-1573 |
S62.6 |
|
|
Asatada, Chûnagon |
one
of the Hundred Poets; son of Fujiwara no Sadakata |
S19.44 |
|
|
Atsumori, Mukwan-no-Tayû
Talra no |
young
Taira warrior slain at Ichi-no-tani |
S31.1;
S32.12; S46.73; S73.15; S88.6 |
T226;
T228; T229 |
|
Atsutada, Gon-Chûnagon |
one
of the Hundred Poets, 906-943 |
S19.43 |
|
|
Ayame-no-Mae |
wife
of Yorimasa |
|
T107 |
|
Azuma,
Fujiya |
female
dramatic character (Iro no dekiaki) |
S46.80 |
|
|
Baba
|
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Nobufusa, Baba Mino no Kami |
S81.1;
S88.13 |
|
|
Bachô |
Chinese
warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century) |
S10.3 |
T306;
T348 |
|
Banzui Chôbei |
(seventeenth
century) leader of the otokodate
of |
S36.16;
S37.2; S40.1 |
T130 |
|
Benkei, Musashi-bô |
warrior-monk
and henchman of Yoshitsune; known in childhood as Shôbutsu Maru and also as Oniwaka
Maru |
S1a.9;
S1b.1; S1f.3; S1f.3a; S1f.10; S1f.20; S4a.13; S7.5; S8.4; S28.2; S31.2;
S32.2; S43.3; S45.58; S46.13; S46.86; S48,5; S49.1; S61.8; S65.9, S65.10;
S65.12; S65.15; S68 (all); S74.33; S84.5; S88.37; S89.9; S95d.2; S95e.2; |
T1;
T16; T47; T54; T68; T97; T117; T124; T126; T133; T134; T135; T147; T150;
T164; T171; T178; T179; T194; T230; T242; T267; T282; T319; T327; T338 |
|
Bingo
Saburô |
d.1358;
loyalist; also called Takanori, Kojlma
no |
S16.1;
S36.43 |
|
|
Binshiken (Min-Tzu-Ch’ien) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.3;
S60.5 |
|
|
Bizenkô Shudô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.1;
S3.5 |
|
|
Bodhidharma |
Buddhist
saint, often appearing as a popular toy |
S74.70 |
T235 |
|
Bokutenô Riô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.2;
S3.6 |
|
|
Botaichû Kodaisô |
Chinese
heroine of the Suikoden |
S2.3;
S3.12; S47.1 |
|
|
Botsumemmoku Shutei |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2
(not in Robinson); S3.7 |
|
|
Botsusharan Bokkô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.2;
S3.8 |
|
|
Botsu-Usen Chôsei |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.4;
S3.1 |
|
|
Boyasha Sonjirô |
Chinese
heroine of the Suikoden |
S2.5;
S3.12 |
|
|
Bushô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.6;
S2a.1; S3.8; S47.6; S88.48 |
|
|
Byôkwansaku Yôyû |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.7;
S3.8; S47.2; S47.3 |
|
|
Byôtaichû Setsuei |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.8 |
|
|
Byô-Utsushi Sonryû |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.9;
S2a.13; S3.3 |
|
|
Cat-witch |
|
S5.7;
S48.2 |
|
|
Chidori |
a
servant-girl in 'Sembonzakura' |
S43.1;
S45.45; S46.64 |
|
|
Chidori-No-Mae |
mistress
of Katô Shigeuji (Karukaya Dôshin) |
S46.51 |
|
|
Chikafusa, Yamayoshi Gemba-no-Jô |
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.10a;
S63.11 |
|
|
Chikahira, Izumi Saburô (or Kojirô) |
d.1213;
warrior in the Wada rebellion |
S73.14 |
T75 |
|
Chikara |
young
son of Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura; also known as Rikiya, Ôboshi and as Yoshikane, Ôboshi |
S46.82;
S54.2; S54.2a; S57.2; S58.4; S59.4; S72.1; S80.14; S86.9; S90.2 |
T248a |
|
Chikatada, Tate Rokurô |
retainer
of Kiso Yoshinaka |
S94.2 |
|
|
Chikatsune, Honda Jirô |
wrestler
and retainer of Yoritomo |
|
T74 |
|
Chikudô Maru |
young
companion of Kusunoki Masatsura |
S1c.7 |
|
|
Chimatsu |
young
son of Masaoka in ‘Koi sumo hana
no |
S45.48 |
|
|
Chinjufu Shogun Minamoto no Yoriyoshi |
samurai lord who was the head of the Minamoto clan |
S69
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Chinkyû |
Chinese
warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century) |
|
T301 |
|
Chinsanzan Kôshin |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.10;
S3.4 |
|
|
Chitasei Goyô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.11;
S3.1 |
|
|
Chiyo,
Kaga no |
eighteenth-century
poetess |
S20.2;
S21.8; S29.1; S33.1; S46.3; S95c.3; S95e (not in Robinson) |
|
|
Chiyonô-Hime |
daughter
of Yûki Kageuji, who
rebelled against Yoritomo |
S23.2 |
|
|
Chôhan, Kumasaka |
twelfth-century
warrior-monk and robber chief |
S28.18;
S65.5; S84.1; S89.4 |
T5;
T40; T53; T224; T238 |
|
Chôhi |
Chinese
hero in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century) |
S10.7 |
T277;
T291; T294; T307; T348 |
|
Chôkanko Chintatsu |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.12;
S3.2 |
|
|
Chôki |
Chinese
warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century) |
|
T310 |
|
Chôkichi |
youthful
character in ‘Megumi no Kagekiyo’ |
S46.79 |
|
|
Chôkô |
Chinese
warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century) |
S10.4 |
|
|
Chôkô (Chang Hsiao) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S60.21 |
|
|
Chôrei (Chang Li) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S60.21 |
|
|
Chôryô (Chang Liang) |
Chinese
hero of the Han dynasty |
S74.21 |
|
|
Chôsen, Lady |
character
in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century |
|
T302 |
|
Choshichisho, Watanabe |
|
S95f
(not in Robinson) |
T7 |
|
Chô-Un (Chao Yun) |
Chinese
warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century) |
S10.4;
S10 (not in Robinson) |
|
|
Chûjô-Hime |
daughter
of Udaijin Toyonari
(eighth century) |
S23.3;
S29.2; S35.17; S45.59 |
|
|
Chûsenko Teitokuson |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.13;
S2a.2; S3.7; S47.4 |
|
|
Chûtôda no Tsubone |
lady
of Enya's household in ‘the Chûshingura' |
S56.5 |
|
|
Chûyû (Chung Yu) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S60.20 |
|
|
Daikoku |
one
of the Seven Gods of Good luck |
S43.1 |
|
|
Daitô Kwanshô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden; also known as
Taitô Kwanshô |
S2.14;
S3.1; S47.23 |
|
|
Dakki (T'a Ki) |
Chinese
manifestation of the Nine-tailed Fox |
S66.1 |
|
|
Dakoshô Richû |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.15;
S3.2 |
|
|
Danshichi Kurobei |
a
flamboyant fishmonger in ‘Natsu matsuri’ |
S40.2;
S42.1; S45.26; S46.98; S74.5 |
|
|
Daruma
|
Buddhist
saint, often appearing as a popular toy |
S74.70 |
T235 |
|
Dembei |
character
in ‘Hanakawado’ |
S45.33 |
|
|
Demons
(also see ‘witches’ and ‘ghosts’) |
|
S1a.16;
S1a.18; S1b.5; S1c.1: S1c.15; S4a.16; S9.3; S12.1; S12.2; S12 (not in
Robinson); S19.60; S23.26; S24.4; S28.7; S42.4; S43.6; S47.12; S87.5; S87
(not in Robinson); S88.15; S93.5; S95e (not in Robinson) |
T4 |
|
Doi
Jirô |
retainer
of Yoritomo |
S73.9 |
|
|
Dôin-Hôshi |
one
of the Hundred Poets, originally Fujiwara no Atsuyori |
S19.82 |
|
|
Dokkakuryô Sûjun |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden also known as Dokkakuryû Sûjun |
S2.16;
S3.4 |
|
|
Dokkakuryû Sûjun |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden also known as Dokkakuryô Sûjun |
S2.16;
S3.4 |
|
|
Dokkwasei Kôryô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.73;
S3.3 |
|
|
Dôkwan, Ôta |
1432-86;
originally Sukenaga; also known as Mochisuke |
S1a.1;
S67.4 |
T308a |
|
Dôsei |
foster-father
of Tamamo-no-mae (twelfth
century) |
S66.5 |
|
|
Earth
Spider |
|
S1a.8;
S45.19; S87.3; S88.19 |
T1a;
T4; T46; T128; T357 |
|
Ebina Gempachi |
wrestling
umpire before Yoritomo |
S95f.6 |
T353 |
|
Eda
Genzô Hirotsuna |
retainer
of Yoshitsune killed at Horikawa; also known as Hirotsuna |
S4a.18;
S74.40; S76.6; S92 (not in Robinson) |
T185 |
|
Egara Heita |
son
of Wada Yoshinaga; serpent-slayer; also known as Tanenaga,
Egara (Wada) Heita |
S1c.10;
S1f.8; S84.6 |
T75 |
|
Endô Kiemon Naotsugu |
vassal
of Asai Nagamasa, d. 1570 |
S62.50 |
|
|
Endô Musha |
twelfth-century
lover of the ill-fated Kesa-gozen; also known as Mongaku Shônin and as Moritô, Endô Musha |
S1e.6;
S1e.13; S15.6; S24.2; S45.7; S46.44; S52.1; S93.4 |
T129;
T253 |
|
Enshi (Yen Tzu) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13
(not in Robinson); S60.16; S79.6 |
|
|
Enya
Hangwan |
former
lord of the Forty-Seven Rônin in
the Chûshingura; also known as Takasada, Enya Hangwan |
S54.39;
S55.3; S86.1; S86.3; S90.39 |
T248 |
|
Fuchibe Iga no Kami |
murderer
of Prince Morinaga (Ôto-no-miya);
also known as Yoshihiro, Fuchibe |
S1c.5;
S16.5; S24.14; S74.38 |
|
|
Fudô Myô-ô |
Buddhist
divinity, 'the immovable' |
S1a.1a;
S89 (not in Robinson) |
T205a;
T253 |
|
|
heroine
of a ghost-story |
S44.43 |
|
|
Fujinoe |
wife
of Fujiwara Tadahira and sister of Satô Tadanobu |
S4a.1;
S20.30 |
T167;
T196 |
|
Fujitsuna, Aoto |
a
thirteenth-century upright judge and later a dramatic character |
S45.54 |
|
|
Fujiya
Izaemon |
character
in ‘Kuruwa bunsho’ |
S46.53 |
|
|
Fujlkage, Nagao Tôtômi no Kami |
Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.16 |
|
|
Fujlkawa Mizuemon |
villainous
dramatic character in ‘Gojûsan tsugi’ |
S44.39 |
|
|
Fujiwara
no Atsuyori |
one
of the Hundred Poets also known as Dôin-Hôshi |
S19.82 |
|
|
Fujiwara
no Sanesada |
one
of the Hundred Poets; also known as Go-Tokudaiji-Sadaijin |
S19.81 |
|
|
Fujiwara
Tadahira |
Japanese
statesman who assumed the leadership of the Fujiwara family in 909 |
|
T196 |
|
|
hero
of the melodrama 'Ise ondo' |
S36.7;
S45.38; S51.2 |
|
|
Fukurokuju |
one
of the Seven Gods of Good luck |
S43.1 |
|
|
|
follower,
successively, of Hideyoshi and Ieyasu
(1561-1624) |
S62.9 |
|
|
Funada Nyûdô |
warrior-monk
and follower of Nitta Yoshisada |
|
T76 |
|
Fuse-Hime |
heroine
of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4c.3;
S36.17 |
T233 |
|
Fûten |
the
Wind-God |
S11.2 |
|
|
Fuwa Banzaemon |
villain
in several plays |
S37.3;
S45.20; S46.96 |
T287 |
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