Names Beginning with U-Z
|
Name |
Identity |
Single
Sheet Prints |
Triptychs
and Diptychs |
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Uchida
Saburô |
Taira
warrior slain by Tomoe-gozen |
S7.4 |
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Ude
no Kisaburô |
otokodate dramatic character |
S40.9;
S42.7 |
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|
Ueshima Monya |
youthful
retainer of Enya in the Chûishingura |
S56.7 |
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Uesugi
Kenshin |
Daimyo who ruled Echigo province in the
Sengoku period, also known as Nagao Kagetora |
S77
(not in Robinson) |
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Ukareme, Muro no |
'courtesan
of Muro' (now Murotsu); said to have been an
incarnation of Fugen Bosatsu |
S33.5 |
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Ukiyo
Watabei |
dramatic
character (perhaps Matabei). |
S74.2 |
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Ukon |
poetess;
mother of Suô-no-naishi |
S19.38 |
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|
|
dramatic
character; husband of Ko-ume |
S40.10;
S46.79 |
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|
Umegawa |
beloved
of Chûbei in ‘Meido no hikyaku’ |
S46.75 |
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|
Umewaka Maru |
child
carried off by a slave-dealer |
S46.21 |
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Umi
Bôzu (The 'Sea Monk') |
monstrous
marine apparition |
S44.44 |
|
|
Uneme |
heroic
girl who saved her village from a monstrous serpent |
S20.26
(a different Uneme?); S23.23 |
|
|
Unno
Kotarô |
protagonist
at the Battle of Kurikaradani |
|
T303 |
|
Unrikongô Sôman |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.73;
S3.7 |
|
|
Urashlma Tarô |
Japanese
Rip Van Winkle |
S74.39;
S95e (not in Robinson) |
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Usami
Suruga no Kami |
Uesugi
warrior at Kawanakajima |
|
T331 |
|
Ushiwaka Maru |
child-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; Young Models of Great Achievement |
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 |
|
Usui
Matagorô |
monster-slayer
of Hida province |
S1c.3 |
|
|
Usuyuki-Hime |
heroine
of ‘Usuyuki monogatari’;
beloved of Sonobe Saemon |
S46.46 |
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Utsunomiya
Kintsuna |
military
commander in the Genkô War (1331-1333) |
S69
(not in Robinson) |
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Wada
Hyôe |
character
in the play ‘Ômi Genji’ |
S74.30 |
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|
Wada
Izumi no Kami |
Kusunoki
warrior in the war against the Ashikaga |
|
T350 |
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Waikyakko Ôei |
Chinese
hero of the Suikoden |
S2.74;
S3.2 |
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Wakaba-no-Naishi |
mother
of Rokudai |
S45.46 |
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Wakamatsu |
ama
who tried to recover the Sword of the Regalia after the Battle of Dan-no-ura |
|
T134 |
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Wakasa no Suke (Kamei Sama) |
character
in the Chûshingura |
S55.2;
S86.1; S86.2 |
T248;
T248a |
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Wakatsuki
Heidayû |
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima |
|
T292 |
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Wankyû (short for Wanya Kyûemon) |
late
17th century poet distracted by love |
S46.42 |
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Wanya
Kyûemon |
late
17th century poet distracted by love; also known as Wankyû |
S46.42 |
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Washi-no-o
(or Washio) Saburô Tsunehisa (or Yoshihisa) |
young
hunter who showed Yoshitsune the Hiyodori-goe path at Ichi-no-tani |
S1a.10;
S24 (not in Robinson); S65.11 |
T64 |
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Watanabe
Wataru |
mid
twelfth century; husband of Kesa-gozen |
|
T129 |
|
Watari
(Tada) Shinzaemon |
retainer
of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Yasumasa |
S94.3 |
T6 |
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Watônai |
pirate
offspring of a Chinese father and Japanese mother; often used as substitute
name for Katô Kiyomasa |
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Witches
(also see ‘demons’ and ‘ghosts’) |
|
S5.7;
S48.2; S74.28; S87.1 |
T138 |
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Yadahei |
son
of Konomura Ôinosuke in ‘Gosan no kiri’ |
S46.61 |
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|
Yakamochi, Chûnagon Otomo no |
d.785;
one of the Hundred Poets |
S27.6 |
|
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Yamabuki-Gozen |
formerly
Sarashina-hime; wife of Yoshinaka who fought beside
him |
S20.27 |
T60;
T95 |
|
Yamaji
Shôgen Masakuni |
nephew
of Tatsuie, 1546-1583 |
S62.10 |
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Yamamoto
Kansuke Nyûdô Haruyuki Dôkisai |
Takeda
general at Kawanakajima; one-eyed, in early life a
considerable scholar; also known as Haruyuk |
S34.4;
S35.16; S38.12; S44.37; S63.2; S77 (not in Robinson); S81.6; S82.3; S84.2;
S92.5; S95f.5 |
T154;
T161; T190; T247; T259; T313 |
|
Yamanaka
Dankurô |
|
S1f.16 |
T212 |
|
Yamato-Take-no-Mikoto |
81-113;
son of the Emperor Keikô; active against the
aborigines; also known as Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto |
S4b.5;
S88.27 |
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Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto |
81-113;
son of the Emperor Keikô; active against the
aborigines; also known as Yamato-Take-no-Mikoto |
S4b.5;
S88.27 |
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Yama-Uba |
wife
of Sakata Kurando and mother of Kintoki, formerly
called Yaegiri |
S35a.2;
S38.4; S46.87; S74.18; S74.34; S88.12; S95e.7 |
T44 |
|
Yamazaki
Yogorô |
character
in several plays including 'Michiyuki koi no Yamazaki’ |
S46.80 |
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Yaoya ('Greengrocer') Hambei |
character
in the play ‘Yoigoshin’ |
S46.59 |
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Yasha
Arashi |
wrestler |
S4a.17 |
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Yasubei, Horibe |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also
called Taketsune, Oribe Yasubei |
S54.34;
S57.8 (Horie); S58.3; S72.6 (Yasahei); S80.18 (Orinabe); S90.34 (Horibe) |
T148
(Horiguchi); T184; T184a; T213 |
|
Yasuchika, Abe no |
court
astrologer who unmasked Tamamo-no-mae as the nine-tailed fox |
S1c.1 |
|
|
Yasuharu, Orio Mosuke |
youthful
retainer of Hideyoshi; also known as Yoshiharu, Dôji |
S62.27 |
T202 |
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Yasuhide, Bunya |
eminent
ninth-century poet |
S19.22 |
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Yasuhide, Fumiya |
eminent
ninth-century poet |
S19.22 |
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Yasukata, Utou |
character
in the play ‘Sôma dairi’ |
S45.19 |
|
|
Yasumasa,
Fujiwara no |
retainer
of Raikô |
S35.11;
S74.42 |
T3;
T4; T21; T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357 |
|
Yasumasa,
Hirai no |
retainer
of Raikô |
S35.11;
S74.42 |
T3;
T4; T21; T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357 |
|
Yasumasa |
retainer
of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Watari (Tada) Shinzaemon |
S94.3 |
T6 |
|
Yasuna,
Abe no |
husband
of the fox-woman Kuzunoha |
S45.24;
S74.44 |
|
|
Yasusuke, Hakamadare |
robber,
sometimes identified with Kidô Maru |
S24.8;
S35.11; S46.76; S74.42 |
|
|
Yata
Jiroemon |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also
known as Suketake, Yata Goroemon |
S54.36;
S57.42; S58 (not in Robinson); S59.7 (Jiroemon); S72.7 (Yada); S78.11 (Yada Gorozaemon); S80.8 (Yada Gorozaemon);
S90.36 (Gorozaemon) |
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Yato
Noritsuga |
|
S56.16 |
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Yawata
Saburô |
retainer
of Kudô Suketsune;
perhaps identical with Hachiman Saburô |
|
T102 |
|
Yae |
wife
of Sakura Maru in the play ‘Sugawara’ |
S45.35;
S46.84 |
|
|
Yaegaki-Hime |
betrothed
to Takeda Katsuyori and faithful to his memory |
S36.13;
S45.17; S46.72; S74.31 |
|
|
Yaegiri |
wife
of Sakata Kurando and mother of Kintoki, also known
as Yama-Uba |
S35a.2;
S38.4; S46.87; S74.18; S74.34; S88.12; S95e.7 |
T44 |
|
Yamanaka
Shikanosuke Yukimori |
Vassal
of Amanaka Shikanosuke
Yukimori, 1545-1578 |
S62.3 |
|
|
Yasuda
Saibei Kunitsugu |
vassal
of Toki, 16th century |
S62.49 |
T312 |
|
Yasuda
Sakubee Kunitsugu |
vassal
of Toki, 16th century |
S62.49 |
T312 |
|
Yazama Jûtarô |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also
called Moto-Oki, Yazama Jûjirô |
S46.92
(Jûtarô); S54.13; S72.9 (Jûtarô);
S90.13 |
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Yebina Gempachi |
wrestling
umpire before Yoritomo |
S95f.6 |
T353 |
|
Yeda
Genzô Hirotsuna |
retainer
of Yoshitsune killed at Horikawa; also known as Hirotsuna |
S4a.18;
S74.40; S76.6; S92 (not in Robinson) |
T185 |
|
Yegara Heita |
son
of Wada Yoshinaga; serpent-slayer; also known as Tanenaga,
Egara (Wada) Heita |
S1c.10;
S1f.8; S84.6 |
T75 |
|
Yendô 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 |
|
Yenshi (Yen Tzu) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13
(not in Robinson); S60.16; S79.6 |
|
|
Yenya 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 |
|
Yodohei, Shimobe |
character
in ‘Go-nin otoko’ |
S45.14 |
|
|
Yodoya Shinshichi |
loyal
servant in ‘Yodo no koi’ |
S51.10 |
|
|
Yoichibei |
farmer
and father of O-Kiru in the Chûshingura |
S74.48 |
|
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Yoji |
Japanese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S23.14 |
|
|
Yojibei |
ship's
captain who tried to assassinate Hideyoshi |
|
T251 |
|
Yojirô |
brother
of the courtesan Otoshi in ‘Sarumawashi’ |
S38.9 |
|
|
Yojô (Yü Jang) |
Chinese
would-be avenger of his lord's death |
S46.20 |
|
|
Yôkô (Yang Hsiang) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.9;
S60.11 |
|
|
Yokoyama
Tarô |
character
in the dramatized story of Oguri Hangwan |
S46.58 |
|
|
Yôkyô (Yang Hsiang) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S13.9;
S60.11 |
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Yori-Ie, Minamoto no |
1182-1204;
eldest son of Yoritomo |
|
T119;
T218 |
|
Yorikane, Ashlkaga Sakingo |
murderer
of Takao in ‘Date kurabe’ |
S45.44;
S74.2 |
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|
Yorimasa, Gen (Minamoto) Sammi |
1106-80;
warrior and poet |
S15.12;
S31.24; S46.8; S48.6; S67.1; S74.72; S77.2; S89.2; S95d.3 |
T7;
T48; T107; T112 |
|
Yorimitsu, Minamoto no |
944-1021;
hero of a number of bold feats with his Four Retainers (Shitennô);
also known as Raikô |
S1a.3;
S8.6; S31.25; S88.19; S95f (not in Robinson) |
T1a;
T3; T4; T21; T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T280; T298; T305 |
|
Yoritomo,
Udaishô Minamoto no |
1147-99;
destroyer of the Taira and first Minamoto shôgun |
S1f
(not in Robinson); S22.12; S31.26; S32.10; S44.10; S44.30; S46.36; S67.6;
S73.9, S95e (not in Robinson) |
T39;
T45; T48; T56; T57; T71; T72: T73; T74; T87; T94; T99; T103; T114; T115;
T118; T141; T200; T216; T283; T288; T320; T326; T340; T353 |
|
Yoriyoshi, Chinjufu Shogun Minamoto no |
samurai lord who was the head of the Minamoto clan |
S69
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Yoshiharu,
Dôji |
youthful
retainer of Hideyoshi; also known as Yasuharu, Orio
Mosuke |
S62.27 |
T202 |
|
Yoshihide |
early
thirteenth-century warrior and strong man; also called Asahina Saburô 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 |
|
Yoshihiro,
Fuchibe |
murderer
of Prince Morinaga (Ôto-no-miya);
also called Fuchibe Iga
no Kami |
S1c.5;
S16.5; S24.14; S74.38 |
|
|
Yoshihisa,
Sanada |
retainer
of Yoritomo, killed at Ishibashiyama; also known as
Yoshitada, Sanada Yoichi and as Yoshisada,
Sanada |
S1a.13;
S1c.18; S51c.8; S1f.6; S8.1; S31.33 |
T28;
T39; T94; T139; T197; T227 |
|
Yoshihlra, Akugenda Minamoto no |
1140-60;
eldest son of Yoshitomo |
S1c.4;
S22.2; S31.28 |
T10;
T195 |
|
Yoshi-ie, Hachiman-Tarô Minamoto no |
1041-1108;
warrior and suppressor of rebels; also known as Hachiman Tarô |
S8.8;
S28.16; S31.29; S67.2; S77.3; S84.8: S88.34 |
T52;
T111a |
|
Yoshikage,
Asakura |
1533-73;
fought Nobunaga |
S62.6 |
|
|
Yoshikane, Asakura Saemon-no-Tayû |
1533-73;
fought Nobunaga |
S62.6 |
|
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Yoshikane, Ôboshi |
young
son of Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura; also known as Chikara and as Rikiya, Ôboshi |
S46.82;
S54.2; S54.2a; S57.2; S58.4; S59.4; S72.1; S80.14; S86.9; S90.2 |
T248a |
|
Yoshimine |
character
in the play ‘Yaguchi no watashi’ |
S46.93 |
|
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Yoshimitsu, Shinra Saburô (Minamoto no Yoshimitsu) |
Heian
samurai lord |
S77
(not in Robinson) |
|
|
Yoshimori,
Ise Saburô |
retainer
of Yoshitsune |
S9.5;
S31.30 |
|
|
Yoshimori,
Wada |
1147-1213;
Minarnoto warrior, said to have married Tomoe-gozen |
S61.9;
S95b (not in Robinson) |
T101;
T134; T268a; T315 |
|
Yoshimoto, Inagawa Jibu-no-Tayû Minamoto
no |
1519-60;
fought Nobunaga; also called Yoshioto |
S62.15;
S76.7; S93.2 |
|
|
Yoshinaka,
Kiso Minamoto no |
1154-84;
rebel cousin of Yoritomo |
S9.2;
S31.31; S37.15; S73.8; S73.28; S94.2 |
T43;
T95; T116; T146; T192; T265; T300; T303; T315 |
|
Yoshinin-ni |
name
taken by Kaoyo-gozen after Enya's death |
S46.90;
S55.4; S56.8 (Yoshinin-ni); S86.1 |
T248 |
|
Yoshio,
Ôboshi |
leader
of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also
known as Yuranosuke, Ôboshi
Yoshio |
S46.82;
S54.1; S78.1; S86.4; S86.7; S86.9: S86.12; S90.1 |
T11;
T272; T288 |
|
Yoshioki, Nitta |
d.
1358; second son of Yoshisada; killed at the
Yaguchi crossing |
S1c
(not in Robinson); S28.51; S44.3 |
|
|
Yoshioto |
1519-60;
fought Nobunaga; also called Yoshimoto, Inagawa Jibu-no-Tayû Minamoto no |
S62.15;
S76.7; S93.2 |
|
|
Yoshisada, Nitta |
loyalist
leader against the Ashikaga |
S31.32;
S73.4; S81.3; S94.3 |
T22;
T76; T78; T142; T244; T343 |
|
Yoshisada, Sanada |
retainer
of Yoritomo, killed at Ishibashiyama; also known as
Yoshihisa, Sanada and as Yoshitada, Sanada Yoichi
and as Munesada |
S1a.13;
S1c.18; S51c.8; S1f.6; S8.1; S31.33; S91 (not in Robinson) |
T28;
T39; T94; T139; T197; T227 |
|
Yoshishige,
Wada Kojirô |
took
part in the Wada rebellion against the Hôjô |
|
T75 |
|
Yoshisuke,
Wakiya |
d.1340;
younger brother of Nitta Yoshisada |
|
T244 |
|
Yoshitada, Sanada Yoichi |
retainer
of Yoritomo, killed at Ishibashiyama; also known as
Yoshihisa, Sanada and as Yoshisada, Sanada |
S1a.13;
S1c.18; S51c.8; S1f.6; S8.1; S31.33 |
T28;
T39; T94; T139; T197; T227 |
|
Yoshitaka,
Fujiwara no |
one
of the Hundred Poets |
S19.50 |
|
|
Yoshitaka,
Ôuchi |
1507-51;
warrior and debauchee |
S36.50 |
|
|
Yoshitaka,
Shimizu Kwanja |
son
of Yoshinaka |
S36.21;
S43.10; S74.69 |
|
|
Yoshitomo,
Minamoto no |
defeated
and murdered in the war of Heiji |
S31.34 |
|
|
Yoshitsune, Kurô Hangwan
Minamoto no |
1159-89;
ninth son of Yoshitomo by Tokiwa-gozen; the
ultimate Japanese hero; in early life he used the names Ushiwaka
Maru and Shanaô |
S1b.2;
S1e.16; S1f.3; S1f.3a; S1f.11; S1f (not
in Robinsin); 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; S95f (not in Robinson); Young
Models of Great Achievement |
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 |
|
Yoshiyasu |
Minamoto
warrior at Yashima |
|
T229 |
|
Yoshlkado, Sôma Tarô |
son
of Masakado; wizard and brigand |
S45.19;
S61.10 |
T89;
T111; T166; T219 |
|
Yoemon, Kinugawa |
farmer
who murdered his wife Kasane |
S46.32;
S74.54 |
|
|
Yôzei (or Yôzei-in) |
Emperor,
877-84; eccentric and poet |
S19.13;
S27.13 |
|
|
Yukichika, Nenoi |
retainer
of Yoshinaka |
S94.2 |
|
|
Yuki-Hime |
dramatic
character in ‘Kurikara Maru’ |
S38.1;
S46.55 |
|
|
Yukihira,
Chûnagon Ariwara no |
poet
and statesman; brother of Narihira |
S19.16;
S27.16 |
|
|
Yukimori,
Amanaka Shikanosuke |
vassal
of Amako Yoshihisa (sixteenth century) |
S62.3 |
|
|
Yukinari, Dainagon, daughter of |
neice of the Empress Sadako, c.1000 |
S20.31 |
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Yukinrô (Yü Ch'ien-Lou) |
Chinese
Paragon of Filial Piety |
S60.18 |
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Yukishige, Shikamatsu Kanroku |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.5;
S71.2 (Hanroku); S90.5 (Hanroku). |
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Yukitaka, Tokuda Sadaemon |
one
of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.20;
S57.38 (Tadaemon); S80.20 (Okuta);
S90.20 (Tadaemon) |
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Yukiuji |
Minamoto
warrior |
S7.1 |
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Yume
no Ichirobei |
character
in the ‘Go-nin otoko’
plays |
S42.8 |
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Yura
Hyôgo |
retainer
of the Nitta family |
S44.5 |
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Yuranosuke, Ôboshi Yoshio |
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 |
T11;
T272; T288 |
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Yuriwaka Daijin |
giant
archer in the reign of the Emperor Saga |
S74.11 |
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Yûryaku Tennô |
Emperor
(457-80); a mighty man of valor and promoter of prosperity |
S17.12 |
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Yuya |
daughter
of the headman of Ikeda, Tôtômi, and favorite of
Taira no Munemoti; cared for her aged mother |
S23.25 |
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Zenkichi |
lover
of O-Roku |
S74.36 |
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Zennojô |
devotee
of Jizô Bosatsu, who
accorded him a vision of hell |
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S23.26 |
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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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