Names Beginning
with G-J
Name |
Identity |
Single
Sheet Prints |
Triptychs
and Diptychs |
Gama Sennin |
Magician-hermit (sennin) with
magic toad (gama) |
S1e (not in Robinson); S1f
(not in Robinson); S87.9 |
|
Ganryû, Sasaki |
enemy of Miyamoto Musashi |
S37.18; S51.7 |
T335 |
Gappô, Takahashi |
hero of a revenge story ‘Gappô-ga-tsuji’;
also called Takahashi Yajurô and shugyôsha Gappô |
S46.81; S53.7 |
T9; c. 1850 (not in Robinson) |
Gemba |
character in the play “Sugawara” |
S45.53 |
|
Gemba, Takuma (Sakuma Morimasa) |
enemy of Hideyoshi |
|
T336 |
Gembeibori Gembei |
character in “Megumi no Kagekiyo” |
S46.79 |
|
Genô |
Buddhist priest-exorcist |
S66.6 |
|
Genshû, Wada |
cousin and retainer of
Kusunoki Masatsura |
|
T271; T346 |
Gentoku ( |
chief character in the Wars of
the Three Kingdoms, later became the Emperor Chao Lieh
Ti |
S10.5 |
T291; T294; T296; T301; T307 |
Ghosts (also see “demons” and
“witches”) |
|
S1c.4; S19.77; S45.25; S54.47;
S65.15; S74.50; S74.54; S90.37; S95b.5; S95d.6; S95e.2 |
T1; T10; T70; T147; T242;
T266; T274; T287 |
Ginyo |
sister of Giô
and mistress of Kiyomori |
S20.3; S30.1 |
|
Giô |
shirabyoshi dancer and mistress of Kiyomori |
S20.3; S25.4; S30.1; S46.23 |
|
Gion-Nyôgo |
favorite of the Emperor
Go-Shirakawa and later of Kiyomori |
S30.2; S46.26 |
|
Gokumon Shôhei |
character in “Kurofune de-iri no minato”, a play with a homosexual theme |
S74.13 |
|
Gomô (Wu Mêng) |
Chinese Paragon of Filial
Piety |
S13.13; S60.23 |
|
Gonta |
character in ‘Sembonzakura’ |
S45.46 |
|
Go-ô-Hime |
daughter of Kamada Masakiyo
and beloved of Yoshitsune |
S20.4 |
|
Gorômaru
Shigemune (Gozen
Gorômaru Shigemune) |
wrestler and retainer of
Yoritomo |
S1c (not in Robinson); S7.3;
S24.18 |
|
Goshaku Somegorô |
character in ‘Shôchikubai’ and other plays |
S40.3; S70.1 |
|
Gôtenrai Ryûshin |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Kôtenrai Ryôshin and Hôtenrai Ryûshin |
S2.22; S3.3; S47.5 |
|
Go-Toba-no-in |
1180-1239; eighty-second
Emperor; an amateur sword smith, and one of the Hundred Poets |
S19.99 |
|
Go-Tokudaiji-Sadaijin |
one of the Hundred Poets; also
known as Fujiwara no Sanesada |
S19.81 |
|
Gozen
Gorômaru Shigemune (Gorômaru Shigemune) |
wrestler and retainer of
Yoritomo |
S1c (not in Robinson); S7.3;
S24.18 |
|
Gyôja Bushô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.6; S2a.1; S3.8; S47.6;
S88.48 |
|
Gyokkirin Roshungi |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.17; S3.8 |
|
Gyokubankan Môkô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S3.12 |
|
Gyokuhishô Kindaiken |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S3.11 |
|
Hachiman Saburô |
retainer of Kudô Suketsune |
S74.26 |
possibly T102 |
Hachimantarô Yoshiie (also known as Minamoto no Yoshiie) |
Minamoto clan samurai of the
late Heian period |
S8.8; S28.16; S31.29; S67.2;
S77.3; S84.8; S88.34; S95d (not in Robinson) |
T52; T111a; c. 1820s (not in
Robinson) |
Hag of the Lonely House |
villainess Hitotsuya
of popular mythology |
S23.6; S74.49, S95f (not in Robinson) |
T82; T318; T330 |
Haigô Gozaemon Hisamitsu |
Vassal of Ôta
house, d. 1583 |
S62.1 |
|
Haijôkai |
villainous monk in the Suikoden |
S2.62 |
|
Hakkwaja Yôshun |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.18; S3.2; S47.7 |
|
Hako-ô Maru |
child-name of Soga Gorô Tokimune |
S1a.1a; S1c.14; S1e.8; S7.3; S8.7;
S17.7; S22.19; S23.4; S24.18; S31.20; S35a (not in Robinson); S38.3; S44.9;
S44.11; S45.3; S45.34; S46.5; S48.1; S61.9; S74.61 |
T35; T100; T101; T102; T103;
T104; T125; T132; T158; T159; T193; T269; T304; T328; T349 |
Hakujisso Hakushô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.19; S2a.3; S3.10 |
|
Hakumenrôkun Teitenju |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.20; S3.2 |
|
Hakushûei, Lady |
erring wife in the Suikoden |
S2.67 |
|
Hamano Tadanoshin |
retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura |
S57.37 |
|
Hana-jo |
daughter of Oribe Kanamaru in the Chûshingura |
S56.3 |
|
Hana-no-Moto, son of |
Akagari Daidô |
S36.61 |
|
Hananosuke |
|
|
T274 |
Hanaosho |
|
S1f (not in Robinson) |
|
Hanaregoma Chôkichi |
wrestler in the play ‘Futatsu chôchô’ |
S74.60 |
T172 |
Hangaku-Jo |
amazon; daughter of Jô Shirô Sukekuni |
S20.5 |
T25; T61 |
Hangami
Danjô-no-jô Arakage |
monster-fighter of Izumo |
S1c.12 |
|
Hanjo-Gozen |
mother of Umewaka
Maru |
S29.3 |
|
Hansoku |
King of southern India in the
Nine-tailed Fox story |
S66.2; S66.3; S66.4; S88.21 |
|
Hanzawa Rokurô |
retainer of Yoritomo |
S8.7 |
|
Happinata Kôjû |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Nyûbinata Kôjû and as Hatsubinada Kôjô |
S2.48; S3.10 |
|
Hara Hayato Masakatsu |
|
S82.6 |
|
Hara Hayato-no-Shô |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima |
S34.5 |
|
Haruhira, Hitsu-no-Saishô |
son of envoy to China |
S23.7 |
|
Harukata, Sue |
treacherous retainer of Ôuchi Yoshitaka, 1507-51 |
S36.50; S74.37 |
|
Harunaga, Ôta |
war-lord; also known as
Nobunaga, Oda; 1534-82 |
S62.28 |
T204 |
Harunori, Katayama Katarô |
retainer of Oguri Hangwan |
S26.12 |
|
Harutaka, Katayama Kairô |
retainer of Oguri Hangwan |
S26.11 |
|
Harutaka,
Taira no (Karnbe Nobutaka) |
third son of Nobunaga, 1558-83 |
S62.43 |
|
Haruyoshi, Amari Saemon-no-jô |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.6 |
|
Haruyuki |
Takeda general at Kawanakajima; one-eyed, in early life a considerable
scholar; also known as Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô Haruyuki Dôkisai |
S34.4; S35.16; S38.12; S44.37;
S63.2; S81.6; S82.3; S84.2; S92.5; S95f.5 |
T154; T161; T190; T247; T259;
T313 |
Hata Rokurozaemon |
retainer of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Tokiyoshi |
S17.11; S84.11; S94.3 |
T6 |
Hatsubinada Kôjô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden; also known as Nyûbinata Kôjû |
S2.48; S3.10 |
|
Hatsu-Hana |
self-sacrificing wife of
Iinuma Katsugoro |
S20.7 |
T8; T274 |
Hatsu-jo |
maid to Onoe, and heroine of ‘Kagamiyama’; killed Tsubone
Iwafuji; also known as O-Hatsu |
S20.6; S45.13; S46.60; S53.1 |
|
Hayakawa Ayunosuke |
resourceful fisherman |
S4a.2; S85 (not in Robinson) |
|
Hayano Kampei
Tsuneyo |
supernumerary to the
Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Tsuneyo |
S54.47; S59.3; S72.8; S86.5;
S90.47 |
|
Hayase Saemon |
warrior under Kusunoki
Masashige |
|
T350 |
Hayashi Hanshirô
Taketoshi |
vassal of Samanosuke,
d. 1582 |
S62.11 |
|
Heidaichû Setsuei |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S3.4 |
|
Hekirekkwa Shimmei |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Hekirekika Shinmei |
S2 (not in Robinson); S3.1 |
|
Henmeisanrô Sekishû |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Shameisaburô Sekishû and as Shameisanrô Sekishû |
S2.62; S3.8; S47.21 |
|
Hidehira,
Fujiwara no, Mutsu no Kami |
Yoshitsune's northern
protector |
S65.8 |
T93; T255 |
Hidekazu, Onodera |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin also known as Hidetomo |
S54.9; S90.9 |
|
Hidemoto, Akashi Ridayû |
retainer of the Toki family
(late sixteenth century) |
S62.2 |
|
Hidenao, Uramatsu (Ryûen) |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.42; S71.4; S90.42 |
|
Hidesato, Tawara Tôda Fujiwara no (also known
as Tawara Tôda Hidesato
and as Tawara Toda |
warrior and loyalist of the
tenth century |
S24.9; S44.54 |
T354; drawing not in Robinson
following T288 |
Hidetake, Kurogane Kôzuke
no Suke |
Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.12 |
|
Hidetome, Onodera Tôemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.30; S78 (drawing); S80.9;
S90.30 |
|
Hidetomi, Onodera Tôemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.30; S78 (drawing); S80.9;
S90.30 |
|
Hidetomo, Onodera Jûnai |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin also known as Hidekazu |
S54.9; S90.9 |
|
Hidetomo, Onodera, wife of |
|
S56.4 |
|
Hideyoshi, Kinoshita (or Toyotomi Hideyoshi) |
war-lord and dictator, 1536-98 |
S62.25 |
T204; T355 |
Higuchi Jirô |
retainer of Yoshinaka; also
known as Kanemitsu; later said to have become a sailor named Matsuemon |
S1a.14; S46.34; S73.8; S94.2 |
T181 |
Hinadori |
heroine of Imoseyama |
S45.8 |
|
Hinaginu |
|
S66a.5 |
|
Hinjô Echizen no Kami Shigenaga |
|
S63.17a |
|
Hiragawara Jirozô |
character in 'Samezaya' |
S46.71 |
|
Hiroari, Oki Jirô |
early fourteenth-century
courtier and archer |
S1a.2; S24.13 |
|
Hironao no Hayata |
squire to Yorimasa;
also known as Tadazumi no Hayata, I no Hayata and Ii no Hayata |
S4a.6; S89.2; S95d.3 |
T7; T107; T112 |
Hirotsuna |
retainer of Yoshitsune killed at Horikawa; also called Eda Genzô Hirotsuna |
S4a.18; S74.40; S76.6 |
T185 |
Hirotsune,
Kazusa no Suke Taira no |
twelfth-century warrior |
S4a.7; S7.1 |
T24 |
Hiroyukl, Ogata |
robber chief who used the name
‘Jiraiya’ |
S4a.12; S24.3; S74.14; S87.2 |
T356 |
Hisahide, Matsunaga Daizen |
war-lord, 1510-77 |
S62.22 |
|
Hisamatsu |
lover of O-Some in ‘O-Some Hisamatsu’ |
S45.15; S46.89 |
|
Hisamitsu, Aigô
Kozaemon |
served under Shibata Katsuie (possibly Saigô
Masakatsu) |
S62.1 |
|
Hisayoshi, Naka-Ura Sarukichirô |
pseudonym for Hideyoshi |
S62.25 |
T204 |
Hitentaisei Rikon |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.21; S3.10 |
|
Hito Maru |
daughter of Kagekiyo |
S36.64; S46.97 |
|
Hitomaro, Kakinomoto no |
one of the Hundred Poets |
S19.3; S27.3 |
|
Hitotsuya |
‘Hag of the Lonely House’ villainess of popular
mythology |
S23.6; S74.49, S95f not in Robinson |
T82; T318; T330 |
Hôkai-bô |
villainous character in 'Sumidagawa' and other plays |
S46.68 |
|
Hokke Chôbei |
otokodate dramatic
character |
S42.2 |
|
Homma Saburô |
murderer of Hino Suketomo, father of Kumawaka
Maru, in 1332, and subsequently slain by the latter |
S61.3 |
|
Hônan Shônin |
priest involved in a
ghost-story |
S44.28 |
|
Honkôshin Dômô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S3.3 |
|
Horibe Yasubei,
wife and daughter of. |
|
S74.47 |
|
Horikoshi Dairei |
tyrannical land-owner |
S74.50 |
|
Horio Mosuke
Yoshiharu |
youthful retainer of Hideyoshi |
S62.27 |
T202 |
Hôtarô |
child dramatic character |
S74.55 |
|
Hotei Ichiemon |
strong man of Osaka |
S70.2 |
|
Hôtenrai Ryôshin |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Gôtenrai Ryûshin and Kôtenrai Ryôshin |
S2.22; S3.3; S47.5 |
|
Hôtentei |
enemy general in the Suikoden |
S2.61 |
|
Hotoke-Gozen |
shirabyôshi dancer and mistress of Kiyomori |
S15.2; S20.8; S33.2; S46.12 |
|
Hôtoku |
Chinese warrior in the Wars of
the Three Kingdoms |
S10.8 |
|
Hotta Kôzuke
no Suke |
tyrannical land-owner |
S74.50 |
|
Hyakuman |
left by her husband, she went mad
and could not recognize her own child |
S20.9 |
|
Hyakushôshô Kantô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S3.9 |
|
Hyôshitô Rinchû |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.23; S2a.4; S2a.14; S3.1;
S47.8; S88.29 |
|
I no Hayata |
squire to Yorimasa;
also known as Ii no Hayata, Tadazumi
no Hayata and Hironao no Hayata |
S4a.6; S89.2; S95d.3; S95f
(not in Robinson) |
T7; T107; T112 |
Ibaraki |
female demon encountered by
Watanabe no Tsuna |
S28.45; S46.6; S87 (not in
Robinson) |
|
Ichijôsei Kosanryô |
Chinese heroine of the Suikoden; also known as Kosanryô Ichijôsei |
S2.37; S2a.15; S3.2; S47.9 |
|
Ichirai-Hôshi |
warrior-monk, late twelfth
century |
S8.3; S73.10 |
|
Ichiemon |
dramatic character; an
inferior retainer (ashigaru) |
S46.88 |
|
Ieteru Denju Shôsuke |
|
S92.6 |
|
Ieteru, Menju Sôsuke |
retainer of Shibata Katsuie |
S62.23 |
|
Iga no Jutarô |
elderly retainer of Yoshikado (tenth cenrury |
S17.4; S61.10; S87.1; S88.17 |
T89; T111; T219 |
Iga no Tsubone |
daughter of Shinozuka Iga no Kami and wife of Kusunoki Masanori |
S46.40 |
|
Ihei |
a servant (dramatic character) |
S43.2 |
|
Ii no Hayata |
squire to Yorimasa;
also known as I no Hayata, Tadazumi no Hayata and
Hironao no Hayata |
S4a.6; S89.2; S95d.3; S95f
(not in Robinson) |
T7; T107; T112 |
Iinuma Katsugorô |
a criple
cured by his wife's devotion |
S53.2 |
T8 |
Ikkyû |
1394-1481; an eminent but
eccentric priest |
S44.49; S95b.6 |
|
Imafuku Zenkurô Katsutada |
|
S82.8 |
|
Imagawa Yoshimoto |
warrior, 1519-1560 |
S62.15 |
|
Ima-jo |
a poor but filial girl of Takenouchi in Yamato |
S23.9 |
|
Imakuni, Kanawa Gorô |
loyal retainer of Fujiwara no Kamatari |
S46.28 |
|
Imaro, Izumo no |
seventh-century slayer of
sea-monsters |
S1c.9 |
|
Inagawa Jirokichi |
a wrestler (dramatic
character) |
S46.54 |
|
Inoda Magohei Tokiharu |
|
S92 (not in Robinson) |
|
Inoue Daikurô
Nagayoshi |
vassal of Satô
house, 16th century |
S62.16 |
|
Inuda Kobungo Yasuyori |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4c.1; S5.3; S37.4; S38.11;
S66a.3 |
T36; T233 |
Inue Shimbei Masashi |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4c.3; S5.4; S37.10; S66a.7 |
T233 |
Inukai Kempachi
Nobumichi |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4a.4; S5.2; S37.6; S66a.10;
S95f.3 |
T41; T42; T233 |
Inukawa Sôsuke (Shôsuke)
Yoshitô |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4b.7; S5.5; S37.7; S66a.8 |
T36; T233 |
Inumura Daikaku (Kakutarô) Masanori |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4b.2; S5.8; S37.8; S66a.5 |
T42; T233 |
Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4c.2; S5.6; S37.9; S66a.6;
S74.4 |
T42; T233 |
Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4a.5; S5.7; S37.11; S66a.4 |
T36; T233 |
Inuzuka Shino Moritaka |
hero of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' |
S4a.3; S5.1; S37.5; S66a.9;
S74.3; S95f.3 |
T41; T42; T233 |
Isami Tomokichirô |
character in the dramatized
story of Jiraiya |
S46.57 |
|
Ise |
poetess of the Fujiwara family |
S27.19 |
|
Ishidô Maru |
son of Karukaya
Dôshin |
S46.35 |
|
Ishidome Busuke |
retainer of Araki Mataemon |
S46.70 |
T29; T41a |
Ishii Hanzô |
hero of a revenge story; he
killed Akabori Mizuemon, the murderer of several of
his relatives |
S53.3 |
|
Ishi-jo |
wife of Ôboshi
Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura |
S56.1 |
|
Ishikawa Goemon |
late sixteenth-century robber |
S36.52 |
|
Ishikawa Hyôsuke
Kazumitsu |
swordsman in Kamigata army, 1565?-1583 |
S62.17 |
|
Ishikawa Tôsuke
Tadatomo |
|
S92.7 |
|
Isogai Hyôdayû |
dramatic character in a story
of a stolen sword |
S44.39 |
|
Isono
Tanba-no kami Kazumasa |
fought for Asai house and then
Ôta house |
S62.18 |
|
Issun Tokubei |
character in 'Natsu matsuri' |
S46.98 |
|
Itsushikwa Saikei |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S3.10 |
|
Iwafuji, Tsubone |
villainess in Kagamiyama |
S45.30 |
|
Iwanari Chikaranosuke Sukemichi |
16th century
warrior, d. 1573 |
S62 (drawing) |
|
Iwanuma Kichirokurô Nobusato |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S4 (not in Robinson) |
|
Iwazu Tetsuemon Shigenobu |
retainer of Odai Matarokurô (sixteenth century); also called Shigenobu |
S4a.11 |
T201 |
Izumi Shikibu |
eleventh-century poetess |
S19.56; S20.10 |
|
Izutsu-Hime |
daughter of Ki no Aritsune and wife of the poet Narihira |
S20.11 |
|
Jakuren-Hôshi |
priest-poet of the Fujiwara
family |
S19.87 |
|
Jigoku (or Jigoku-dayû) |
courtesan patronized by the
priest Ikkyû |
S35.3; S44.49; S95b.6 |
|
Jijû, Matsuyoi no |
twelfth-century poetess, also
known as Kojijû |
S15.3 |
|
Jingô Kôgô |
Empress (170-269) who
conquered of Korea |
S21.5; S31.3; S77.4 |
T51 |
Jingorô, Hidari |
1594-1634; celebrated sculptor
in wood |
S35.2 |
|
Jinkigunshi Shubu |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden; also known as Shinkigunshi Shubu |
S2.24; S3.2 |
|
Jinkyôtaihô Taiso |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.25 |
|
Jinsaburô |
servant to Shikamatsu
Kanroku, one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.51 |
|
Jiraiya |
robber chief formerly Ogata
Hiroyuki; also known as Ogata Shuma |
S4a.12; S24.3; S74.14; S87.2 |
T356 |
Jitô Tennô |
Empress (687-96) and poetess |
S19.2; S27.2 |
|
Jômyô, Tsutsui |
late twelfth-century
warrior-monk |
S8.3; S73.10 |
|
Jôruri-Hime |
daughter of the headman of
Yahagi in Mikawa; loved and deserted by Yoshitsune |
S20.12; S36.10; S44.40; S65.6 |
T85; T108 |
Juntei, Tsuchii Yamato no Kami (or Tsutsui Junkei) |
1549-84; allied with Nobunaga,
Akechi Mitsuhide, and Hideyoshi successively |
S62.48 |
|
Jurobei, Awa no |
chief character in 'Awa no naruto'; killed his own daughter in ignorance |
S36.54; S51.1 |
|
Ju-unryû
Kôsonshô |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Nyûunryû Kôsonshô |
S2.26; S3.8; S47.10 |
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