The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden,

Part II

Japanese name: Ju-unryû (or Nyûunryû) Kôsonshô (入雲龍公孫勝)

Chinese name: Gongsun Sheng

Scene: Ju-unryû Kôsonshô holding up a short sword and making a magical gesture with his other hand; a dragon surrounds the rock on which he stands

Robinson: S2.26

Klompmakers: 10

Japanese name: Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki (旱地忽律朱貴)

Chinese name: Zhu Gui

Scene: Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki, bare-chested and tattooed, on a balcony overlooking a wide river, fitting to his bow a humming-bulb arrow containing a concealed message

Robinson: S2.27

Klompmakers: 7

NOTE: The seal on the bottom of the print is that of the publisher Kaga-ya Kichiemon

I am grateful to Nathan Oliver for this image showing a different state of the above design published by Kaga-ya Kichiemon

This later printing from 1842-1846 (censor Watanabe Shôemon) was published by Iba-ya Sensaburô

	Seal of publisher Kaga-ya Kichiemon
	Seal of publisher Iba-ya Sensaburô

Japanese name: Kikenji Tokyô (or Kirenji Tokô, 鬼膾児杜興)

Chinese name: Du Xing

Scene: Kikenji Tokyô, bare-chested and tattooed, lifting a huge temple bell above a cowering foe

Robinson: S2.28

Klompmakers: 36

A later edition of the above print with the seal of the publisher Iba-ya Sensaburô in the bottom left corner

Japanese name: Kimmôken Dankeijû (金毛犬段景住)

Chinese name: Duan Jingzhu

Scene: Kimmôken Dankeijû, bare-chested and tattooed, watches the departure of an armed gang of horse thieves with a flaming torch at his feet

Robinson: S2.29

Klompmakers: 46

Japanese name: Kimpyôshi (or Kinhyôshi) Yôrin (錦豹子揚林)

Chinese name: Yang Lin

Scene: Kimpyôshi Yôrin after the battle of Kôtôshû, in a straw cloak on a windy day, carrying a barbed and hooked pole-arm

Robinson: S2.30

Klompmakers: 28

I am grateful to Nathan Oliver for this image.

Japanese name: Kinsempyôshi Tôryû (金銭豹子湯隆)

Chinese name: Tang Long

Scene: Kinsempyôshi Tôryû the smith, bare-chested and seated on a mat by his fire and anvil, tests the straightness of an iron bar

Robinson: S2.31

Klompmakers: 29

Japanese name: Kinsôshu Jonei (金槍手徐寧)

Chinese name: Xu Ning

Scene: Kinsôshu Jonei cutting down sparrows in flight with his hooked spear; two spectators of distinctly western appearance

Robinson: S2.32

Klompmakers: 33

Japanese name: Kojôsô Jisen (鼓上蚤時遷)

Chinese name: Shi Qian

Scene: Kojôsô Jisen in a tree by moonlight, shining his lantern towards the ground

Robinson: S2.33

Klompmakers: 32

Japanese name: Kokusempû Riki, the black whirlwind, also called Iron Ox Li (黒旋風李逵 一名李鉄牛)

Chinese name: Li Kui

Scene: Kokusempû Riki in a drunken fury attacking the gate of the Hakuryôjin Temple with a huge axe; another axe already buried in the woodwork (he had been expelled from the temple where he was a priest)

Robinson: S2.34

Klompmakers: 22

Japanese name: Konkôryû Rishun (混江龍李俊)

Chinese name: Li Jun

Scene: Konkôryû Rishun bare-chested in the water capsizing an enemy boat

Robinson: S2.35

Klompmakers: 35

NOTE: This print has neither the seal of a publisher nor of a censor.

Japanese name: Konseimaô Hanzui (混世魔王樊瑞)

Chinese name: Fan Rui

Scene: Konseimaô Hanzui, spear in hand and his rearing black horse behind him, recoils from a shower of stones and an apparition of demons

Robinson: S2.36

Klompmakers: 54

A later edition of the above print with the demons completely redrawn

Japanese name: Kosanryô Ichijôsei (扈三娘一丈青)

Chinese name: Hu San

Scene: Kosanryô Ichijôsei, a sword in either hand, cuts flying arrows, her horse behind her; she was the daughter of the general Kotaikô

Robinson: S2.37

Klompmakers: 25

Japanese name: Kwakubimba (or Kassenba) Ôteiroku (霍閃婆王定六)

Chinese name: Wang Dingliu

Scene: Kwakubimba Ôteiroku overcoming three foes, one of whom he lifts above his head

Robinson: S2.38

Klompmakers: 48

Japanese name: Kaoshô Rochishin (花和尚魯智深魯達)

Chinese name: Lu Da or Lu Zhishen

Scene: Kaoshô Rochishin (formerly called “Rotatsu”) is a monk turned brigand. He is smashing through a pine trunk with his great iron club to intimidate guards escorting Lin Chong into exile.

Robinson: S2.39

Klompmakers: 6

Japanese name: Kwatsuenra (or Katsuenra) Genshôshichi (活閻羅阮小七)

Chinese name: Ruan Xiaoqi

Scene: Kwatsuyenra Genshôshichi, in a boat, sheltering from flying arrows under a tiger skin

Robinson: S2.40

Klompmakers: 14

Japanese name: Kyumonryô Shishin (九紋龍支) and Chôkanko Chintatsu (水滸伝 史進)

Chinese name: Shi Jin and Chen Da

Scene: Kyumonryô Shishin (九紋龍史進), bare-chested and tattooed, armed with a pole, overthrows an armored foe, Chôkanko Chintatsu (跳澗虎陳達)

Robinson: S2.41

Klompmakers: 1

Japanese name: Kyumonryô Shishin (九紋龍史進)

Chinese name: Shi Jin

Scene: Kyumonryô Shishin seated on a vanquished adversary , parrying a flying sword

with his pole

Robinson: S2.42

Klompmakers: 3b

NOTE: This is a later state than the complete first state triptych illustrated under S2.12 in Part I

Japanese name: Kyumonryô Shishin (九紋龍史進)

Chinese name: Shi Jin

Scene: Kyumonryô Shishin, chest and right arm bared and holding a drawn sword, seated on a vanquished foe, Kyûshô-otsu Hitenyasha with Rochishin in the background in pursuit of the enemy, and the burning Gwaranji Temple

Robinson: S2.43

Klompmakers: 5

NOTE: This print was published by Iba-ya Sensaburô about 1845.

Japanese name: Seibokkan Kakushibun (井木案郝思文) Chinese name: Hao Siwen Scene: Seibokkan Kakushibun, bareheaded in armor in the snow, wields his sword with both hands Robinson: S2.56 Klompmakers: 40c

Japanese name: Kyûsempô Sakuchô (急先鋒索超) Chinese name: Suo Chao Scene: Kyûsempô Sakuchô at the Battle of Peking, armored on a black horse plunging through the snow, and wielding a large axe Robinson: S2.44 Klompmakers: 40b

Japanese name: Temmokushô Hôki (天目將彭玘) Chinese name: Peng Qi Scene: Temmokushô Hôki in a black bearskin cloak in the snow, stretching a cord with a noose at the end Robinson: S2.71 Klompmakers: 40a

Japanese name: Ma'unkinshi Ôho (摩雲金翅歐鵬)

Chinese name: Ou Peng

Scene: Ma'unkinshi Ôho

with a drawn sword seizes an adversary by the scruff of the neck in the Castle of Seishû

Robinson: S2.45

Klompmakers: 34

I am grateful to Nathan Oliver for this image.

Japanese name: Mochakuten Tosen (摸著天杜遷)

Chinese name: Du Qian

Scene:, right arm and shoulder bare, draws his sword from behind his back

Robinson: S2.46

Klompmakers: 13c

NOTE: See S2.23 in Part I for the complete triptych

Japanese name: Unrikongô Sôman (雲里金剛宋萬) and Dokkwasei Kôryô (獨火星孔亮) Chinese name: Song Wan and Kong Liang Scene: Unrikongô Sôman, under the wall of Peking Castle, holds up a burning match; Dokkwasei Kôryô crouches behind him with a short bamboo pole Robinson: S2.73 Klompmakers: 43b

Japanese name: Môtôsei Kômei (毛頭星孔明) Chinese name: Kong Ming Scene: Môtôsei Kômei throttling a sentry under the wall of Peking Castle Robinson: S2.47 Klompmakers: 43a

Japanese name: Nyûbinata (or Happinata) Kôjû (八臂哪吒項充)

Chinese name: Xiang Chong

Scene: Nyûbinata Kôjû armored, with spear, on a prancing horse; background of stormy wind

Robinson: S2.48

Klompmakers: 38

Japanese name: Rôrihakuchô Chôjun (浪裡白跳張順)

Chinese name: Zhang Shun

Scene: Rôrihakuchô Chôjun, wearing a loincloth and tattooed, with a sword between his teeth, forces apart the bars of a water-gate.

Robinson: S2.49

Klompmakers: 56

NOTE: A later edition of this print was published about 1845 by Iba-ya Sensaburô.

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

“Klompmakers” refers to listing in Of Brigands and Bravery, Kuniyoshi's Heroes of the Suikoden by Inge Klompmakers (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1998).

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