Names Beginning with S

 

Name

Identity

Single Sheet Prints

Triptychs and Diptychs

Sada-Ie, Gonchûnagon Fujiwara no

1162-1241; one of the Hundred Poets

S19.97

 

Sada-Ie, Kumagae

Minamoto warrior at Ichi-no-tani in 1184

 

T38

Sadakage, Nagao Shinroku

Taira warrior at Ishibashiyama in 1180

S8.1

 

Sadamasa, Isono Tamba no Kami

fought Nobunaga at the Anegawa in 1570

S62.18

 

Sadamasa

strong man and retainer of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Sadatsuna and as Shinozuka Iga no Kami Sadamasa

S36.30; S84.4; S88.25; S94.3

T6; T37; T47a

Sadamitsu, Usui no

retainer of Raikô

S1e.9; S42 (not in Robinson); S61.2; S94.1

T3; T4; T21; T26a; T44; T46; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357

Sadatô, Abe no

1019-62; rebel

S1a (not in Robinson); S88.34; S95d (not in Robinson)

 c. 1820s (not in Robinson)

Sadatomo, Ishikawa Sôsuke (Hyosuke):

one of the Three Swordsmen of Shizu-ga-mine (1583)

S62.17

 

Sadatsuna

strong man and retainer of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Shinozuka Iga no Kami Sadamasa and as Shinozuka Iga no Kami Sadatsuna

S36.30; S84.4; S88.25; S94.3

T6; T37; T47a

Sada-Uji

Ashikaga general against Kusunoki Masatsura; also known as Kazu-Uji, Hosokawa

 

T34; T333

Sadayo, Musashi Gorô

squire to Masakado (mid tenth century)

S52.6; S61.5

T23; T252

Sadayuki, Kiura Okaemon

one of the Forcy-seven Rônin

S54.22; S90.22 (Kimura Okuemon)

 

Sadayuki, Usami Suruga no Kami

Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima

S63.17

 

Sadazumi Shinnô

874-916; son of the Emperor Seiwa; ancestor of the Minamoto (Seiwa branch)

 

T122

Sagami

eleventh-century poetess; daughter of Raikô

S19.62

 

Sagami Gorô

retainer of Taira no Tomomori (late 12th century)

 

T144

Sagami-, Kodera

retainer of Oto-no-miya (early fourteenth century)

S73.13

 

Sagi-no-Ike Heikurô (Masatora)

strong man; retainer of the Kusunoki

S1c.17; S4b.4; S74.67; S88.31

T322; T323; T350

Saigyô-Hôshi

1118-90; warrior, monk, and poet

S19.86

 

Saijinki Kwakusei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.54; S3.10

 

Saijun (Ts'ai Shun)

Chinese Paragon of Filial Piety

S60.17

 

Saiki

Indian victim of Kwayô-fujin (the nine-tailed fox)

S66.3

 

Saimeihangwan Riryû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.12

 

Saitô Kuranosuke Toshimitsu

retainer of Toki, 1534-1582

S62.30

 

Saitô Toshimasa nyûdô Dôsan

Governor of Mino Province, 1494-1556

S62.33

Saitô Toshimitsu nyûdô Ryûhon

16th century warrior

S62.31

 

Saitô Uheenotayû Tatsuoki

lord of Mino, 1548-1573

S62.32

 

Saienshi Chôsei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.55; S3.12

 

Sakai Kyûzô Narishige

son of Ukon Masanao, 1555?-1570

S62.36

 

Sakai Ukon Masanao

retainer of house of Ôta, d. 1570

S62.37

 

Sakanoe Tamura-Maro

distinguished suppressor of the aborigines; also known as Tamura Shôgun

S44.51

 

Sakuma Genba Morimasa

Soldier of Ôta Nobunga, 1553-1583

S62.42

 

Sakura Maru

supporter of Michizane in the ‘Sugawara’ play

S38.2; S46.84

 

Sakura-Hime

beloved of the tragic monk Seigen

S45.57; S74.17

 

Sakurai Rinzaemon

one of the villains in the Igagoe revenge story

 

T41a; T250

Sakurai Sakichi Iekazu

16th century swordsman, d. 1596

S62.34

 

Sanada Yoichi (Munesada)

retainer of Yoritomo, killed at Ishibashiyama; also known as Yoshihisa, Sanada and as Yoshisada, Sanada

S1a.13; S1c.18; S1c (not in Robinson); S1f.6; S1f (not in Robinson); S8.1; S31.33

T28; T39; T94; T139; T197; T227; c. 1820s (not in Robinson)

Sanemori, Saitô

1118-83; Taira warrior killed fighting Yoshinaka

 

T180

Sanetomo, Udaijin Minamoto no

1192-1219; son of Yoritomo; Shôgun, 1204

 

T48

Sankatsu

a geisha; character in the play ‘Aoto-zôshi

S45.36; S74.62

 

Sano Jirozaemon

character in ‘Iro no Edo-zome’ who killed his mistress Yatsuhashi of Manji-ya

S51.6

 

Sansuke

retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura

S57.42

 

Sanugi no Miyakko

the old bamboo-gatherer in ‘Taketori monogatari’

S44.14

 

Sarashina-Hime

daughter of Rakuganji Umanosuke, wife of Aiki Morinosuke, and mother of Shikanosuke; she revenged herself on her seducer Daikurô

S22.14

 

Sarunosuke

 

S74.59

 

Sasarae

mistress of Tametomo in his exile

 

T113; T140

Sassa Narimasa

retainer of Oda Nobunga, 1539-1588

S62.29

 

Satomi Yoshizane

 

S66a.1

 

Satsuki

wife of Takahashi Yajurô

S46.81

 

Satsuma Gengobei

character in ‘Godairiki’; also known as Katsuma Gengobei

S36.66; S51.4

 

Sayo-Hime

d.536; wife of Ôtomo no Sadehiko

S20.18

 

Seibokkan Kakushibun

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.56; S3.3

 

Sea Monk

monstrous marine apparition; also called Umi Bôzu

S44.44

 

Seigankô Riun

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2 (not in Robinson); S3.11

 

Seigen

a monk whose hopeless passion for Sakura-hime forms the subject of the play ‘Kiyomizu Seigen

S45.57; S74.17

 

Seigen-ni

feminine counterpart of Seigen in 'Onna Seigen '

S43.9; S45.27; S46.91

 

Seijurô

lover of O-Natsu in ‘O-Natsu Seijurô

S36.38

 

Seimenjû Yôshi

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.57; S2a.19; S3.5

 

Sei Shônagon

Author and court lady

S25 (not in R0binson)

 

Seishushosei Shôjô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.58; S3.11

 

Seisuishô Tanteikei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Sensuishô Tanteikei

S2 (not in Robinson); S3.9

 

Seitaka-Dôji

acolyte of the god Fudô Myô

S93.4

T253

Sekibakki Ryûtô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.59; S2a.10; S3.8; S47.18

 

Sekiguchi Yatarô

companion of Miyamoto Musashi

 

T358

Sekishôgun Sekiyû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.60; S3.4; S47.19

 

Semimaru

tenth-century blind courtier, poet and musician

S19.10; S27.10

 

Senjû-no-Mae

beloved of Taira no Shigehira

S44.21

 

Senkwaji Chô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Senkaji Chô

S2.61; S3.6; S47.20

 

Sensuishô Tanteikei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Seisuishô Tanteikei

S2 (not in Robinson); S3.9

 

Seta, Dragon Woman of

 

S95e.6

 

Shameisanrô Sekishû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden also known as Shameisaburô Sekishû and as Henmeisanrô Sekishû

S2.62; S3.8; S47.21

 

Shanaô

childhood name of Yoshitsune

S1b.2; S1e.16; S1f.3; S1f.3a; S1f.11; S7.5; S8.4; S9.5; S22.13; S28.2; S31.35; S32.11; S35a (not in Robinson); S36.22; S37.14; S45.3; S45.42; S46.1; S46.11; S52.7; S65 (all); S73.13 bis.; S74.16; S76.1; S77.6; S84.9; S88.8; S88.37; S89.9

T1; T5; T16; T17; T20; T29a; T32; T40; T45; T47; T53; T54; T56; T59; T63; T64; T65; T66; T67; T68; T69; T70; T84; T93; T97; T108; T109; T117; T122; T124; T126; T127; T133; T134; T135; T147; T149; T150; T150; T151; T162a; T163; T164; T167; T185; T194; T215; T221; T222; T224; T227; T230; T241; T242; T264; T267; T282; T319; T327; T337; T339; T351

Shibata Shurinosuke Katsuie

 

overthrown by Hideyoshi at Shizu-ga-mine, 1530-1583

S62.7

T329

Shibori no Somegorô

otokodate dramatic character

S42.6

 

Shibuya Konnômaru

(Kon-ô Maru)

fisherman who introduced tai as New Year specialty

S1e (not in Robinson); S45.9; Young Models of Great Achievement

 

Shigeharu, Tatenaka Kwambyôe

soldier-scholar for the Saitô family of Mino; also known as Takenaka Hambei

S62.44

 

Shigehira, Taira no

1158-85; son of Kiyomori

S44.21

 

Shigekiyo

retainer of Yoshitsune; also known as Narikiyo, Kamei Rokuro

S31.11

T215

Shigemori, Taira no

1138-79; eldest son of Kiyomori

S15.8; S22.8; S23.14; S31.12; S32.5; S44.31

T55; T195

Shigemori, Tokuda Magodayû

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also called Toyonari, Okada

S54.37; S90.37 (Okada Toyonari)

 

Shigenaka, Matsui Tomijirô

avenger of his brother's murder

S37.13

 

Shigenobu

retainer of Odai Matarokurô (sixteenth century); also called Iwazu Tetsuemon Shigenobu

S4a.11

T201

Shigetada, Hatakeyama

Minamoto warrior, though of Taira descent

S31.13; S45.1; S73.5; S88.1

T18; T115; T162a; T191; T217; T225; T268; T334

Shigeuji, Katô

daimyo of the Ashikaga period; later known as  Karukaya Dôshin

S36.65; S43.4; S45.11; S46.35

 

Shigeuji, Katô, wife of

 

S45.11; S46.51

 

Shigeyuki, Minamoto no

one of the Hundred Poets

S19.48

 

Shigeyuki, Suzuchi (Suzuki) Hida no Kami

attempted to shoot Nobunaga from ambush

S62.41; S76.2; S88.40

 

Shijô Dainagon

 

S35.18

 

Shima Sakon Kiyooki

vassel of Tsutsui Junkei, d. 1600

S62.39

 

Shimmi Yashichirô

retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura

S57.7

 

Shimosaka (Yasutsugu)

sword smith to Tokugawa Ieyasu

S44.27

 

Shimose Kaga

16th century retainer of Yoshimi Mikawa no Kami

S4a.16

 

Shingen, Takeda (Harunobu)

1521-73; war-lord of Kai Province

S1a.4; S24.6; S31.14; S32.6; S34.1; S44.37; S50.2; S63.1; S73.2; S77 (not in Robinson); S82.1; S88.33; S95C.4; S95f.1

T136; T154; T160; T162; T165; T175; T246; T258; T289; T325; T332; T345

Shingyôtaihô Taisô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.5

 

Shini Andôzen

Chinese physician-hero of the Suikoden

S2.3; S3.11

 

Shinkigunshi Shubu

Chinese hero of the Suikoden; also known as Jinkigunshi Shubu

S2.24; S3.2

 

Shinkwashô Giteikoku

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2 (not in Robinson); S3.9

 

Shinobu Sôda

slave-dealer who kidnapped Umewaka Maru

S46.21

 

Shinozuka Hachirô

retainer of the Nitta family

S44.5

 

Shinozuka Iga no Kami Sadamasa

strong man and retainer of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Sadatsuna and as Sadamasa

S36.30; S84.4; S88.25; S94.3

T6; T37; T47a

Shinozuka Iga no Kami, wife of

 

 

T120

Shinsanshi Shôkei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.7

 

Shiôden Tajima-no-kami Masataka

vassal of Toki, d. 1582

S62.40

 

Shiradayû

loyal farmer in the Sugawara tragedy

S41.1

 

Shirafuji Genda

wrestler in ‘Kusa no irotoki’ and other plays

S36.18

 

Shirafuji Hikoshichirô

retainer of the Nitta family and strong man

S9.4; S73.36; S84.7

T243

Shiragiku Maru

son of Chûnagon Fujiwara no Muneyuki; involved with the priest Jikyû

S36.15; S46.29

 

Shirai Gompachi

lover of Komurasaki; robber and murderer (late seventeenth century)

S36.39; S37.19; S38.11a; S40.6; S44.2; S45.16; S46.67; S51.8; S74.12

T130; T212

Shiratae

daughter of Sano Tsuneyo, who helped to entertain Hôjô Tokiyori

S28.46; S46.2

T110

Shisempaku Kôhotan

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.11

 

Shlrakura Gengoemon (or Shlrakura Dengoemon)

treacherous foe of Miyamoto Musashi

 

T33; T176

Shlranui-Hime

daughter of Aso Tadakuni and wife of Tametomo

S22.18; S64.8; S87.7

T30; T223; T263

Shizuka-Gozen

1168-87; shirabyôshi dancer and courageous mistress of Yoshitsune

S20.19; S21.2; S25.2; S33.4; S35.12; S46.86; S46.94; S65.14; S95c.2

T16; T86; T97; T127; T135; T267; T282; T106; T250; T290

Shizuma, Watanabe

hero of the Igagoe revenge story

S53.8

 

Shôbutsu Maru

alternative boy-name of Benkei, the warrior-monk and henchman of Yoshitsune

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

Shogo, Koshinaka Zenji

 

S91 (not in Robinson)

 

Shôhaô Shûtsû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.2

 

Shokatsuryô

nickname of Kômei, the Chinese sage and strategist in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

S10.1

T278; T294

Shokujo

the Heavenly Weaver in the Milky Way legend; also known as Ori-Hime

S13.10; S19.6; S60.12; S79.3

 

Shômenko Shubu

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.7

 

Shô-Onkô Ryohô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.63; S3.10

 

Shôrikô Kwaei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.64; S3.6

 

Shôsempû Saishin

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.5

 

Shôsharan Bokushun

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.8; S3.4

 

Shôshô, Tegoshi no

mistress of Soga Gorô assisted in the revenge

S21.7; S45.5

T125; T132; T193; T304

Shôshun, Tosa-

warrior-monk who attacked Yoshitsune at Horikawa

S68.6; S74.33

T29a; T282

Shôtoku Taishi

son of the Emperor Yomei; champion of Buddhism

S14 (all)

T279

Shô-Utsuchi Sonshin

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.12

 

Shûgumba Sensan

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.65; S3.3; S47.22

 

Shujushô (Chu Shou-Ch'ang)

Chinese Paragon of Filial Piety

S60.15

 

Shukuyû-Fujin

female warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

 

T310

Shundô Jiroemon

avenger of his father's murder

S51.9

 

Shunkwan

priest and conspirator; exiled to Kikaiga-shima

S15.9; S46.38

 

Shûshiki

poetess; daughter of a confectioner of Edo

S21.4; S35.13; A35a.4; S95e.5

 

Shûso

Chinese warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

S10.8

 

Shuten-Dôji

drunken demon monster slain by Raikô

S1a.3; S19.60

T21; T26a; T261; T280; T298; T305

Shutsudôkô Dôi

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2 (not in Robinson); S3.5

 

Shutsurinryô Sûen

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.66; S3.4

 

Sôben Koenshaku

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2 (not in Robinson)

 

Sôbikatsu Gaihô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden; also known as Sôkokatsu Kaihô

S2.16; S3.5

 

Soga Brothers

Soga Gorô Tokimune and Soga Jurô Sukenari, sons of Kawazu Sukeyasu who devoted their short lives to avenging their father’s murder on Kudô Suketsune

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: S89 (not in Robinson); The Soga Brothers Cutting Down the Ten at the Hunting Grounds

T35; T100; T101; T102; T103; T104; T125; T132; T158; T159; T193; T269; T304; T328; T349

Sôgen

priest infatuated with Orikoto-hime

S46.39

 

Sôjô Henjô

priest-poet; formerly Yoshimine Munesada

S19.12; S27.12

 

Sôjô-bô

king of the tengu wood-sprites

S1f.11; S65.2; S88.8

T20; T194; T264; T351

Sôkokatsu Kaihô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden; also known as Sôbikatsu Gaihô

S2.16; S3.5

 

Sômonjin Hôkyoku

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.4

 

Songoku (Sun Wu K'ung)

monkey-king in Bakin's romance ‘Seiyuki

S17.9

 

Sono

daughter of Yoshioka Ichimisai, who avenged his murder on Kyôgoku Takumi; also known as O-Sono

S23.19; S37.20; S45.43;

T131; T137; T170

Sono

wife of Amagawaya Gihei in the Chûshingura; also known as O-Sono

S72.6; S86.10

 

Sonobe Saemon

lover of Usuyuki-hime in ‘Usuyuki monogatari’

S46.9

 

Sôsei-Hôshi

priest-poet; probably a son of Sôjô Henjô

S19.21

 

Sôshiko Raiô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.67; S2a.11; S3.5

 

Sôshin (Ts'êng Shen)

Chinese Paragon of Filial Piety

S13.4; S60.6

 

Sôsô (Ts'ao-Ts'ao)

mercenary in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

 

T277; T293, T297; T301; T306

Sôsôshô Tôhei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.1

 

Sôtôki Sôsei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.68; S3.11

 

Sugaru, Koshibe no

hero under the Emperor Yûryaku; perhaps Sukaru

S1c.2

 

Sugikura Ujimoto

 

S66a.2

 

Sugimoto Sakubei

retainer of Kusunoki Masashige, probably Akiyuki

S35.14

 

Suikoden (Shui-ho-ch'uan)

semi-historical romance of twelfth-century China

S2; S2a; S3; S47

 

Sukechika

famous wrestler; father of the Soga brothers; also known as Kawazu Saburô and as Sukeyasu, Kawazu Saburô

S16.6

T141; T340; T353

Sukemori, Kurô

d.1202; son of Nagamochi

 

T61

Sukenaga, Ike-no-Shôji

retainer of Oguri Hangwan

S26.9

 

Sukenari

also known as Soga Jurô Sukenari; son of Kawazu Sukeyasu who devoted his short life (together with his brother Soga Gorô Tokimune ) to avenging his father’s murder on Kudô Suketsune

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; The Soga Brothers Cutting Down the Ten at the Hunting Grounds

T35; T100; T101; T102; T103; T104; T125; T132; T158; T159; T193; T269; T304; T328; T349

Sukeroku, Hanakawado

populist hero of the play ‘Sukeroku

S45.47

 

Sukeshige

1398-1464; semi-historical hero of romance; also known as Oguri Hangwan Sukeshige and as Oguri Kojiro Sukeshige

S26.1; S35.9; S36.20; S44.7; S50 (not in Robinson)

 

Suketada, Homma

fourteenth-cenrury loyalist

S23.8

 

Suketaka, Gotô

retainer of Oguri Hangwan

S26.3

 

Suketake, Yata Goroemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Yata Jiroemon

S54.36; S57.42; S59.7 (Jiroemon); S72.7 (Yada); S78.11 (Yada Gorozaemon); S80.8 (Yada Gorozaemon); S90.36 (Gorozaemon)

 

Suketoki, Yamato no

filial son whose dead parents appeared to him as butterflies

S23.20

 

Suketsune, Kudô

 d.1193; villain of the ‘Soga monogatari’

 

T100; T132; T158; T198; T304

Sukeyasu, Kawazu Saburô

famous sumô wrestler; father of the Soga brothers; also known as Sukechika and as Kawazu Saburô

S16.6

T141; T340; T353

Sukune Tarô

lover of Tatsuta-no-mae in ‘Ume-matsusakura

S46.69

 

Sumimoto, Gon-no-Suke

Crown Prince, late tenth century

S4b.6

 

Sumino Chûheiji

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.45; S59.5; S71.5 (Sugino Jûheiji); S78.12 (Sugino Jûheiji); S90.45 (Kadono Jûheiji)

 

Suô-No-Naishi

court lady and poetess; daughter of Taira no Tsuginaka

S19.67; S23.21

 

Susa-no-o-no-Mikoto

the 'imperuous male', brother of the Sun-Goddess

S17.5

 

Sutoku(-In)

Emperor and poet defeated in the war of Hôgen

S19.77; S64.9

 

Sueshige, Hirayama

Taira warrior

 

T38; T228

Suetake, Urabe no

retainer of Raikô, 950-1022

S46.25; S94.1

T3; T4; T21; T26a; T46; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357

Suzuki Shigehide

attempted to shoot Nobunaga from ambush

S62.41; S76.2; S88.40

 

 

“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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