Names Beginning with A-F

 

Name

Identity

Single Sheet Prints

Triptychs and Diptychs

A Tow

son of Gentoku

S10 (not in Robinson)

 

Adachi-Ga-Hara

‘Hag of the Lonely House’ villainess of popular mythology

S23.6; S74.49

T82; T318; T330

Adzuma, Fujiya

female dramatic character (Iro no dekiaki)

S46.80

 

Akabori Midzuyemon

dramatic villain (Kameyama-zome)

S45.51

 

Akagari Daidô

son of Hana-no-moto

S36.61

 

Akahito, Yamabe no

(eighth century) one of the Hundred Poets

S19.4; S27.4; S44.18

 

Akazawa Jûnai

dramatic character in the Soga cycle

S46.83

 

Akisuke, Sakyô-no-Dayû

one of the Hundred Poets; of the Fujiwara clan

S19.79

 

Akitsushima

a wrestler in the play Shôbudzuke

S45.52

 

Akiyama Chôbei

servant to Iyemon in O-Iwa kwaidan

S45.25

 

Akiyuki, Sugimoto

(fourteenth century) follower of Kusunoki Masashige

 

T352

Akogi Heiji

filial character in Samezaya

S46.71

 

Akoya

mistress of Kagekiyo

S36.9; S46.18

 

ama

'diving-girl' associated with Fujiwara no Kamatari; also known as Tamatori

S1f.2; S35.15; S45.22; S46.11

T189; T299

Amagawaya Gihei

Chûshingura character

S56.6; S74.53; S86.10

 

Amakasu Ômi no Kami Kagetoki

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima (1550-60)...

Kawanakajima (1550-60)

S34.9

T324

Amamiuchi-No-Sukune

(third century) brother of Takeshiuchi-no-sukune

(third century) brother of

Takeshiuchi-no-sukune

S74.35

 

Anju-Hime

tragic heroine of romance

S20.1; S95c.3a

S23.1; S36.37

 

Antoku Tennô

boy-Emperor, drowned at Dan-no-ura

S46.22

T96

Arai Maru

servant of the witch Takiyasha (late tenth century).

S74.28

T138

Arakawa Idzu No Kami

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima (1550-1560)

(1550-60)

S34.10

 

Araki Matayemon

swordsman in the Igagoye revenge story; also known as Karaki Masayemon 

S36.6; S37.1

T29; T106; T250; T290

Arikuni, Musashi Saburozayemon

Taira warrior slain by Tomoye-gozen

S1e.8

 

Ariô Maru

servant of Shunkwan (late twelfth century)

S1c.13; S15.9

 

Arlmasa, Sada Mutsu no Kami

retainer of Nobunaga, and then of Shibata Katsuiye (late sixteenth century)

S62.29

 

Asahina Saburô Yoshihide

early thirteenth-century warrior and strong man; also called Yoshihide

S1a.12; S1c.14; S22.3; S31.27; S32.1; S43.4; S45.34; S73.16; S89.1

T31; T102; T119; T218; T281; T342

Asaka

wife of Yokoyama Tarô in the dramatized story of Oguri Hangwan

S46.58

 

Asatada, Chûnagon

one of the Hundred Poets; son of Fujiwara no Sadakata

S19.44

 

Atsumori, Mukwan-no-Tayû Talra no

young Taira warrior slain at Ichi-no-tani

S31.1; S32.12; S46.73; S88.6

T226; T228; T229

Atsutada, Gon-Chûnagon

one of the Hundred Poets, 906-943

S19.43

 

Ayame-no-Maye

wife of Yorimasa

 

T107

Baba Mino no Kami

Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Nobufusa, Baba Mino no Kami

S81.1; S88.13

 

Bachô

Chinese warrior in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (early third century)

S10.3

T306; T348

Banzui Chôbei

(seventeenth century) leader of the otokodate of Edo

S36.16; S37.2; S40.1

T130

Benkei, Musashi-bô

warrior-monk and henchman of Yoshitsune; known in childhood as Shôbutsu Maru and also as Oniwaka Maru

S1a.9; S1b.1; S1f.3; 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

Bingo Saburô

d.1358; loyalist; also called Takanori, Kojlma no

S16.1; S36.43

 

Binshiken (Min-Tzu-Ch’ien)

Chinese Paragon of Filial Piety

S13.3; S60.5

 

Bizenkô Shudô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.1; S3.5

 

Bodhidharma

Buddhist saint, often appearing as a popular toy

S74.70

T235

Bokutenô Riô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.2; S3.6

 

Botaichû Kodaisô

Chinese heroine of the Suikoden

S2.3; S3.12; S47.1

 

Botsumemmoku Shutei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S3.7

 

Botsusharan Bokkô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.2; S3.8

 

Botsu-Usen Chôsei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.4; S3.1

 

Boyasha Sonjirô

Chinese heroine of the Suikoden

S2.5; S3.12

 

Bushô

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.6; S2a.1; S3.8; S47.6; S88.48

 

Byôkwansaku Yôyû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.7; S3.8; S47.2; S47.3

 

Byôtaichû Setsuyei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.8

 

Byô-Utsushi Sonryû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.9; S2a.13; S3.3

 

Cat-witch

 

S5.7; S48.2

 

Chidori

a servant-girl in 'Sembonzakura'

S43.1; S45.45; S46.64

 

Chidori-No-Maye

mistress of Katô Shigeuji (Karukaya Dôshin)

S46.51

 

Chikafusa, Yamayoshi Gemba-no-Jô

Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima

S63.10a; S63.11

 

Chikahira, Idzumi Saburô (or Kojirô)

d.1213; warrior in the Wada rebellion

S73.14

T75

Chikara

young son of Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura; also known as Rikiya, Ôboshi 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

Chikatada, Tate Rokurô

retainer of Kiso Yoshinaka

S94.2

 

Chikatsune, Honda Jirô

wrestler and retainer of Yoritomo

 

T74