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 (Liu Pei)

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

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 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-

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

 

 

“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.

 

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