Names Beginning with N-R
|
Name |
Identity |
Single
Sheet Prints |
Triptychs
and Diptychs |
|
Nagachlka, Kldô Takuzaemon |
vassal
of Konishi Yukinaga; fought in |
S62.19 |
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Nagahide, Tanabe |
retainer
of Oguri Hangwan |
S26.5 |
|
|
Nagamasa, Asai Bizen no Kami |
1545-73;
fought Nobunaga, but married his sister; also known as Nakamasa |
S62.5. |
|
|
Nagamochi, Jô Shirô |
fought
Yoshinaka, but later joined Yoritomo |
|
T25;
T61; T240 |
|
Nagamune |
warrior
prominent in the attack on the Hôjô at Rokuhara in |
S88.42 |
T270 |
|
Nagasaka
Gengorô |
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima |
|
T292 |
|
|
|
S1c.16 |
|
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Nagase
Hangwan |
retainer
of Kiso Yoshinaka |
|
T95 |
|
Nagatame, Tanabe |
retainer
of Oguri Hangwan |
S26.6 |
|
|
Nagayasu |
squire
to Nobunaga; also known as Ran Maru, Hori (Mori) |
S62.13;
S93.1 |
T204;
T312 |
|
|
dramatic
character in several plays |
S36.41;
S37.17; S46.7 |
T287 |
|
Nakamaro, Abe no |
701-70;
poet and expatriate in |
S19.7;
S27.7; S95e.4 |
|
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Nakamasa, Asai Bizen no Kami |
1545-73;
fought Nobunaga, but married his sister; also known as Nagamasa |
S62.5. |
|
|
Nakamatsu
Kurobei |
retainer
of Moronao in the Chûshingura |
S57.22 |
|
|
Nakamura
Bunkasai |
veteran
counselor of Shibata Katsuie, d. 1583 |
S62.24 |
|
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Nakanari,
Fujiwara no, ghost of |
d.810;
conspirator |
S46.40 |
|
|
Nakanishi
Dairokurô |
Uesugi
warrior at Kawanakajima |
|
T316 |
|
Nakasaina Sonja |
one
of the Sixteen Rakan |
S1d.3 |
|
|
Namba
Jirô |
1160;
retainer of Kiyomori |
S1c.4 |
T10 |
|
Namiko |
disguised
name of Konami, daughter of Honzô in the Chûshingura |
S45.56 |
|
|
Naoie, Kojirô |
son
of Naozane |
S74.10 |
|
|
Naonori |
villain
and magician in the play ‘Sendai hagi’; also known
as Nikki Danjô |
S45.41 |
|
|
Naosada, Kumagae |
father
of Naozane (mid twelfth century). |
S1a.11 |
|
|
Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu |
Uesugi
warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Kanetsugu |
S34.12;
S36.34; S83.2 |
|
|
Naoyoshi, Ashikaga |
1307-52;
younger brother of Taka-uji; also known as Tadayoshi, Ashlkaga |
S22.4 |
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Naozane, Kumagae Jirô
|
d.1208;
Minamoto warrior who killed Atsumori; Naozane was later known as Renshô-Bô |
S31.36;
S32.4; S44.23; S45.6; S46.78; S50.1; S73.15; S88.6 |
T38;
T48; T66; T226; T228; T229 |
|
Nareginu |
daughter
of Mikawa Zenji and beloved of Yoshi-ie |
|
T111a |
|
Narihira, Ariwara no |
825-80;
courtier, poet, and Don Juan |
S19.17;
S27.17; S44.41; S45.28; S74.41 |
|
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Narikiyo, Kamei Rokuro |
retainer
of Yoshitsune; also known as Shigekiyo,
Kamei Rokuro |
S31.11 |
T215 |
|
Narukami Shônin |
eponymous
hero of the play ‘Narukami’ |
S46.74 |
|
|
Nasu
no Yoichi Munetaka |
b.
1167; Minamoto warrior celebrated as an archer |
|
T256 |
|
Negoro-no Komizucha |
16th
century warrior-monk |
S62.26 |
|
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Nichiren |
1222-82;
priest and founder of the Hokke-shû sect |
S6
(all) |
|
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Nii
no Ama |
wife
of Kiyomori; grandmother of Emperor Antoku |
|
T96 |
|
Nijô no Tsubone |
beloved
of the poet Narihira |
S74.41 |
|
|
Nikki
Danjô Naonori |
villain
and magician in the play ‘Sendai hagi’; also known
as Naonori |
S45.41 |
|
|
Nikki
Gennosuke |
|
S1e.2 |
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Nikkyô |
disciple
of Nichiren |
S6.2 |
|
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Nitta
Yoshioki (Nitta
Sahyôe-no-suke Yoshioki) |
14th
samurai |
S1c
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Nobu |
a
filial girl, who looked after her mother |
S23.18 |
|
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Nobufusa, Baba Mino no Kami |
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Baba Mino no
Kami |
S81.1;
S88.13 |
|
|
Nobukiyo,
Ôboshi Seizaemon |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.32;
S71.6; S72.3; S80.19 (Ôishi); S90.32 |
|
|
Nobunaga,
Oda |
war-lord;also known as Harunaga, Ôta; 1534-82 |
S62.28 |
T204;
T312 |
|
Nobushige |
younger
brother of Shingen; fought at Kawanakajima; also
known as Takeda Sama-no-Suke |
S34.3;
S63.9; S82.2, S95f.5 |
|
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Nobutomo, Ôboshi Sampei |
|
S56.17 |
|
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Nobutsuna, Sasaki |
d.1242;
fought for the Hôjô |
|
T198 |
|
Nobutsura, Hasebe Chôhyôe-no-jô |
Minamoto
warrior who distinguished himself at the defense of the Takakura palace |
S1c.11;
S15.7; S46.41; S87a.1 |
|
|
Nobuyoshi, Anayama Izu no Kami |
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.3;
S82 (not in Robinson) |
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|
Nobuyuki,
Teraoka Heiemon |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.18;
S58.1; S90.18 |
|
|
Noda
Shirô |
Kusunoki
warrior slain at Shijô-nawate in 1348 |
|
T347 |
|
Norihisa,
Kuriu Saemon |
retainer
of Nitta Yoshisada |
S94.3 |
T6 |
|
Norikane, Yatô Yomoshichi |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.3;
S57.41; S59.8; S71.1; S72.4 (Satô); S78.2; S80.11;
S90.3 |
|
|
Norimori, Taira no |
d.1185;
younger brother of Kiyomori |
|
T229 |
|
Noritaka |
retainer
of Yoshinaka at the Uji river battle |
|
T191 |
|
Noritsune, Noto no Kami |
Taira
champion and giant; son of Norimori |
S36.32;
S65.13; S95f (not in Robinson) |
T68;
T69; T109; T222; T230; T256; T337 |
|
Noriyasu,
Senzaki Yagorô |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.12;
S57.7; S58.2; S72.7; S78.5 (Kanzaki); S80.12 (Kanzaki); S90.12 |
|
|
Noriyori, Minamoto no |
1156-93;
brother of Yoritomo and Yoshitsune |
S44.46 |
T45 |
|
Nozarashi Gosuke |
a
chivalrous dramatic character (kyôkaku). |
S40.4;
S42.5 |
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|
Nuregami Chôgorô |
wrestler
in the play 'Futatsu chôchô' |
S40.5;
S46.10; S74.2 (possibly); S74.60 |
T172 |
|
Nuregami Katsunosuke |
wrestler;
perhaps identical with Nuregami Chôgorô |
S74.2 |
|
|
nue |
composite
monster that afflicted Emperor Konoe |
S74.72;
S95d.3; S95f (not in Robinson) |
T7;
T112 |
|
Nyogetsu-ni |
witch;
perhaps an alternative name for Takiyasha-hime |
S74.28 |
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Nyûbinata Kôjû |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden also known as Hatsubinada Kôjô and as Happinata Kôjû |
S2.48;
S3.10 |
|
|
Nyûunryû Kôsonshô |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden also known as
Ju-unryû Kôsonshô |
S2.26;
S3.8; S47.10 |
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Ôanamuchi-no-Mikoto |
divinity
at the Kita shrine of Hagui in Noto |
S4a.10 |
|
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Ôboshi Rikiya |
young
son of Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura; also known as Chikara 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 |
|
Ôboshi Yuranosuke |
leader
of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also
known as Yoshio, Ôboshi |
S46.82;
S54.1; S78.1; S86.4; S86.7; S86.9: S86.12; S90.1; S95c (not in Robinson) |
T11;
T272; T288 |
|
Odai
Matarokurô Yorisada |
opponent
of Takeda Shingen (mid 16th century) |
S4a.11;
S61.7; S92 (not in Robinson) |
T201 |
|
Oda
Nobunaga |
war-lord;also known as, Ôta Harunaga;
1534-1582 |
S62.28 |
T204 |
|
Oda
Nobutaka |
son
of Oda Nobunaga,1558-1583 |
S62.43 |
|
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O-Fune |
daughter
of Tombei in ‘Yaguchi no watashi’ |
S45.37;
S46.93 |
|
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Ogata
Shuma |
robber
chief formerly Ogata Hiroyuki; also known as Jiraiya |
S4a.12;
S24.3; S74.14; S87.2 |
T356 |
|
Oguri
Hangwan Sukeshige |
1398-1464;
semi-historical hero of romance; also known as Oguri Kojiro Sukeshige and as Sukeshige |
S26.1;
S35.9; S36.20; S44.7; S50 (not in Robinson) |
|
|
O-Hana |
sister
of Ishidome Busuke in the
Igagoe revenge story |
S46.70 |
|
|
O-Hatsu
|
maid
to Onoe, and heroine of ‘Kagamiyama’; killed Tsubone Iwafuji; also known as
Hatsu-jo |
S20.6;
S45.13; S46.60; S53.1 |
|
|
Ôhô (Wang P'ou): |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.14;
S60.22 |
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Ôiko |
strong
woman of Takashima in the province of Ômi |
S20.17;
S29.7; S44.52; S74.24 |
|
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Oimatsu |
ama who attempted to recover
the Sword of the Regalia in 1185 |
|
T134 |
|
O-Iri |
daughter
of Uramatsu Rihei in the Chûshingura |
S72.1 |
|
|
O-Iwa |
murdered
wife, then a ghost in ‘Yotsuya kwaidan’ |
S45.25;
S74.22 |
|
|
Ôjin Tennô |
Emperor,
270-313; son of the Empress Jingô |
S28.1 |
|
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O-Kane |
strong
woman of Ômi Province; also known as Kane-jo |
S1a.5;
S20.14; S24.5; S29.5; S35.5; S35a.3; S48.4; S95a.2 |
|
|
O-Karu |
daughter
of Yoichibei and maid to Kaoyo
in the Chûshingura |
S86.6;
S86.7 |
|
|
Ôkawa Kumoemon |
a
homosexual archer who saved a famous painting of Daruma from fire |
S52.8 |
|
|
Okikaze, Fujiwara no |
one
of the Hundred Poets |
S19.34 |
|
|
O-Kiku |
heroine
of a ghost-story 'The Ghost of Sakura' |
S36.44;
S46.48 |
|
|
O-Koma |
daughter
of Shirokiya, a timber-merchant in ‘Koi musume mukashi hachijô’ involver in murder |
S38.8 |
|
|
O-Kon |
mistress
of Fukuoka Mitsugi |
S36.8 |
|
|
Ôkumo Tessan (Aoyama Shûzen) |
chief
of police; master and murderer of O-Kiku |
S36.44;
S51.5 |
|
|
O-Kuni |
traditional
founder of the Kabuki theatre |
S36.41 |
|
|
O-Matsu |
female
dramatic character |
S44.48;
S45.51 |
|
|
O-Miwa |
female
dramatic character in ‘Imoseyama’ |
S38.7;
S45.10 |
|
|
Ômori Hikoshichi |
vassal
of the Ashikaga; fought at the Minatogawa |
S24.4;
S93.5 |
|
|
Ônamuchi-no-Mikoto |
divinity
at the Kita shrine of Hagui in Noto |
S4a.10 |
|
|
Onchi Sakon-Tarô |
retainer
of Kusunoki Masashige; also known as Mitsukazu, Onchi Sakon |
S81.4 |
T350 |
|
Onikojima Yatarô |
Uesugi
warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Torahide, Onikojima Yatarô |
S63.16 |
T316 |
|
Oniwaka Maru |
child-name
of Benkei |
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 |
|
Oniyasha |
henchman
of Tametomo in his exile |
|
T92;
T113; T140; T214 |
|
Ono
no Tôfû |
896-966;
celebrated calligrapher; also known as Michlkaze |
S35.10 |
|
|
Ono
Sadakurô |
murderer
of Yoichibei in the Chûshingura |
S74.48 |
|
|
Ori-Hime |
the
Heavenly Weaver in the Milky Way legend; also known as Shokujo |
S13.10;
S19.6; S60.12; S79.3 |
|
|
O-Rie |
wife
of the Rônin, Yazama
Jûtarô (Jûjirô) |
S45.4;
S46.92; S72.9 |
|
|
O-Roku |
dramatic
character; a tough lady |
S38.6;
S74.36 |
|
|
O-Sada |
widow
of Yoshioka Ichimisai, who avenged his murder |
|
T131;
T170 |
|
O-Sato |
beloved
of Taira no Koremori in ‘Goban Tadanobu’ |
S46.99 |
|
|
O-Seki |
female
character in the play ‘Futatsu chôchô’ |
|
T172 |
|
O-Shichi |
daughter
of a greengrocer (yaoya), and incendiary; dramatic
character in ‘Furisode meoto’ |
S45.21;
S46.45; S74.29 |
|
|
Ôshô (Wang Hsiang): |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.5;
S60.7; S79.2 |
|
|
O-Shun |
a
geisha; character in several plays |
S43.7 |
|
|
O-Some |
heroine
of ‘O-Some Hisamatsu’ |
S46.89 |
|
|
O-Sono |
daughter
of Yoshioka Ichimisai, who avenged his murder on Kyôgoku Takumi; also known as Sono |
S23.19;
S37.20; S45.43; |
T131;
T137; T170 |
|
O-Sono |
wife
of Amagawaya Gihei in the Chûshingura; also known as Sono |
S72.6;
S86.10 |
|
|
Ôta Dôkwan |
1432-86;
originally Sukenaga; also known as Ôta Saemon-dayû Mochisuke |
S1a.1;
S67.4 |
T308a |
|
O-Take
|
the
saintly servant-girl; also known as Otake Dainichi Nyorai |
S20.20 |
|
|
O-Tani |
heroine
of a local legend of Kôriyama, and wife of Araki Mataemon |
S46.19 |
|
|
Ôtani Furuinosuke |
boy-prodigy;
killed a boar with his bare hands |
S4a.14;
S85.1 |
|
|
Ôta Saemon-dayû Mochisuke |
1432-86;
originally Sukenaga; also known as Ôta Dôkwan |
S1a.1;
S67.4 |
T308a |
|
Otohime |
daughter of Ryujin, dragon-god of the sea; also known as
Toyotama |
S95e
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Ôtomo no Kuronushi |
ninth
century; one of the Six Poets |
S46.95 |
|
|
Ôtônai |
dramatic
character in the ‘Soga monogatari’ cycle |
S46.83 |
|
|
Ôto-no-Miya |
1308-35;
son of the Emperor Go-Daigô, whose cause he
championed; also known as Morinaga Shinnô |
S1c.5;
S16.5; S24.14; S73.13; S74.38 |
|
|
Oto-Tachibana-Hime |
wife
of Prince Yamato-take (second century) |
S87.8 |
|
|
O-Towa |
wife
of the wrestler Inagawa Jirokichi |
S46.54 |
|
|
O-Tsû |
the
madwoman of Fumi-hiroge, daughter of Chiyo,
character in ‘Azuma kagami’ |
S45.36;
S46.14 |
|
|
O-Tsuji |
dramatic
character; nurse to Hôtarô |
S74.55 |
|
|
O-Tsuru |
daughter
of Awa no Jurobei |
S43.8 |
|
|
Ôwashi Bungo |
subsidiary
character in the Chûishingura |
S72.3 |
|
|
O-Yasu |
female
character in ‘Hime komatsu’ |
S45.29 |
|
|
O-Yumi |
wife
of Awa no Jurobei |
S43.8 |
|
|
Raigen,
Nogi Nyûdô |
|
S88.51 |
|
|
Raigô Ajari |
priest
of Onjôji (Miidera) who
later haunted the temple in the form of a rat |
S1f.5;
S17.1 |
|
|
Raijin |
the
Thunder-God |
S11.1;
S87.6 |
T240 |
|
Raikô |
944-1021;
hero of a number of bold feats with his Four Retainers (Shitennô);
also known as Minamoto no Yorimitsu |
S1a.3;
S8.6; S31.25; S88.19; S95f (not in Robinson) |
T1a;
T3; T4; T21; T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T280; T298; T305 |
|
Ran
Maru, Hori (Mori) |
squire
to Nobunaga; also known as Nagayasu |
S62.13;
S93.1 |
T204;
T312 |
|
Renshô-bô (or Renshô-bô-hôshi) |
d.1208;
Minamoto warrior who killed Atsumori; Renshô-Bô was also known as Naozane,
Kumagae Jirô |
S31.36;
S32.4; S44.23; S45.6; S46.78; S50.1; S88.6 |
T38;
T48; T66; T226; T228; T229 |
|
Riju |
Chinese
warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms |
|
T302 |
|
Rikiya,
Ôboshi |
young
son of Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura; also known as Chikara 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 |
|
Rikuseki (Lu Chi) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.12;
S60.19 |
|
|
Rinshikô Raiô |
|
S2a.17 |
|
|
Ritchitaisai Genshôji |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden also known as Ryûchitaisai Genshôji |
S2.53;
S2a.9; S3.6; S47.17 |
|
|
Rokudai-Gozen |
young
son of Taira no Koremori, beheaded by Yoritomo in
1199; character in ‘Sembonzakura’ |
S45.46 |
|
|
Rokunoritsuna, Imata Chikahira |
|
S91
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Rokurokubi |
Long-necked
demon |
S1b.5 |
|
|
Rokuya Ongundayû |
a
villain in ‘Jiraiya’ |
S46.57 |
|
|
Rônin |
47
masterless samurai (see also under
individual names) |
S54;
S55: S56; S57; S58; S59; S71; S72; S78; S80; S90 |
T11;
T12; T13; T14; T15; T80; T81; T186; T187; T188; T209; T210; T211; T249; T260;
T272; T273; T276; T285 |
|
Rôraishi (Lao-Lai-Tzu) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.6;
S60.8 |
|
|
Rôrihakuchô Chôjun |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2a
(not in Robinson); S2.49; S3.6; S47.16 |
|
|
Rôshi Ensei (or Yensei) |
Chinese
sumô wrestler and hero of the Suikoden |
S2.50;
S2.51; S2a.18; S3.8 |
|
|
Ryofu |
general
under Gentoku in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms |
S10.6 |
T301;
T302 |
|
Ryôtôja Kaichin |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.52;
S2a.8; S3.5 |
|
|
Ryôzen-Hôshi |
priest;
one of the Hundred Poets |
S19.70 |
|
|
Ryûchitaisai Genshôji |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden also known as Ritchitaisai Genshôji |
S2.53;
S2a.9; S3.6; S47.17 |
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“Robinson”
refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The
Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press,
Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately
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