Names Beginning with K

Name

Identity

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Kagechika, Ôba

defeated Yoritomo at Ishibashiyama in 1180

 

T340

Kagehisa

d. 1182; warrior and sumô wrestler on the Taira side; also known as Matano Gorô

S1a.13; S1c.8; S1f.6; S8.1; S16.6; S46.85; S95b.1

T28; T39; T94; T141; T197; T227; T340; T353

Kage-Iye, Kakizaki Idzumi no Kami

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima

S63.11

 

Kagekado, Katôji

twelfth-century warrior

S15.4

T312

Kagekiyo, Akushichibyôye Taira no

Taira champion

S22.6; S31.4; S46.56; S46.97; S52.4; S74.51; S76.4; S88.52

T60; T98; T109; T146; T157; T300

Kagesuye, Kajiwara Genda

d.1200; Minamoto warrior

S22.7; S28.32; S31.5; S67.3; S73.5

T18; T62; T153; T191; T193; T217; T225; T334

Kagesuye, Kajiwara, wife of

 

S20.28

 

Kagetoki, Kajiwara Heizô

father of Kagesuye

S36.55; S84.12

T67; T153; T241; T320

Kaguya-Hime

daughter of the old bamboo-gatherer (taketori); also known as Kakuya-Hime

S44.14

 

Kaji of Gion

waitress in a Kyoto tea-house and talented poetess and niece of the artist Kôrin

S20.13; S25.1; S29.4; S35.4.

 

Kaji-jo of Gion

waitress in a Kyoto tea-house and talented poetess and niece of the artist Kôrin

S20.13; S25.1; S29.4; S35.4.

 

Kajiwara Family

 

S73.13 bis

 

Kakogawa Honzô

chief retainer of Wakasa no Suke in 'Chûshingura'; also known as Kakugawa Monzô

S45.56; S86.2; S86.9

T248a

Kakugawa Monzô

chief retainer of Wakasa no Suke in 'Chûshingura'; also known as Kakugawa Honzô

S45.56; S86.2; S86.9

T248a

Kakuhan, Yokogawa

warrior-monk of Yoshino

S8.2; S65.16; S89.8

T2; T257

Kakuju

old lady in the play 'Sugawara'

S46.30

 

Kakumei, Tayû-bô

warrior-monk and secretary to Yoshinaka

 

T25

Kakurega no Mohei

dramatic character, involved with a kappa

S42.3

 

Kakutei, Kawachi

one of Chôhan's robber-gang

S65.4

 

Kakuya-Hime

daughter of the old bamboo-gatherer (taketori) also known as Kaguya-Hime

S44.14

 

Kakuzen, Hôzô-in

 

S89.3

 

Kamada Matahachi

strong man of Matsuzaka in Ise and monster-slayer

S1e.3; S23.10; S43.3; S74.20

 

Kamegiku

shirabyôshi dancer under the Emperor Go-Toba and mistress of Suketsune

S36.46

T212; T304

Kamei Rokurô

retainer of Yoshitsune; also known as Narikiyo, Kamei Rokuro and as Shigekiyo

S31.11

T215

Kameya Chûbei

dramatic character; lover of Umegawa

S46.75

 

Kamigashi-Hime

heroine under the Emperor Keikô (71-130)

S1a.8; S87.3

 

Kamiya Iyemon (or Niyemon)

villain of ‘Yotsuya kwaidan’; husband of O-Iwa; also known as Tamiya Iyemon and as Tamiya Niyemon

S45.25; S46.49; S74.66

 

Kamiya Jihei

hero of a double-suicide play, 'Ten no Amijima'

S51.3

 

Kan No Buntei (Wên Ti of Han)

Chinese Paragon of Filial Piety; son of the founder of the Han dynasty

S60.3

 

Kanai Tanegorô

monster-slayer

S74.63

 

Kanamaru, Oribe Yahei

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; a septuagenarian

S54.21; S78.8; S80.6; S90.21

 

Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.27; S3.12

 

Kanefusa, Yoshioka

dyer by profession, but an expert swordsman

S37.22

 

Kanehide, Okano Ginyemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.11; S90.11

 

Kanehide, Okano, wife of

 

S56.14

 

Kanehira, Imai Shirô

d.1184; retainer of Yoshinaka and brother of Higuchi Kanemitsu

S94.4

T63; T265

Kane-jo

strong woman of Ômi Province; also known as O-Kane

S1a.5; S20.14; S24.5; S29.5; S35.5; S35a.3; S48.4; S95a.2

 

Kanemasa, Minamoto no

one of the Hundred Poets

S19.78

 

Kanemitsu, Higuchi Jirô

retainer of Yoshinaka; also known as Higuchi Jirô; later said to have become a sailor named Matsuyemon

S1a.14; S46.34; S73.8; S94.2

T181

Kanemori, Taira no

one of the Hundred Poets

S19.40

 

Kanesada, Yoshida Sadayemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.6; S71.3; S78.3; S90.6

 

Kanesuke, Yoshida Chûzayemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.50; S80.16; S90.50

 

Kanetaka, Yamaki Hangwan

Taira ally, slain by Yoritomo

S92.4

T88; T123; T239; T312

Kanetsugu

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima; also known as Naoye Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu

S34.12; S36.34; S83.2

 

Kanetsune, Miura Jiroyemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Miura Shiroyemon

S54.49; S72.4; S80.5; S90.49

 

Kaneyoshi, Kobayashi Heihachi(rô)

retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura

S57.8

T184

Kankai

apprentice to Ki-ichi Hôgen; Kankai is also known as Tankai, Kitashirakawa

S4a.9; S65.7

 

Kanke

statesman, poet, and hero of the play ‘Sugawara'; one of the Hundred Poets; also known as Michizane, Sugawara no

S1f.13; S19.24; S45.49; S46.30; S46.62; S95c.6

 

Kanshin (Han Sin)

late third-century BCE Chinese warrior

 

T27

Kaoyo-Gozen

wife of Yenya in the Chûshingura

S46.90; S55.4; S56.8 (Yoshinin-ni); S86.1

T248

Karaki Masayemon

swordsman in the Igagoye revenge story; also known as Araki Matayemon

S36.6; S37.1

T29; T106; T250; T290

Kariya-Hime

heroine of the play 'Sugawara'

S45.49; S46.30

 

Karukaya Dôshin

daimyo of the Ashikaga period; also known as Shigeuji, Katô 

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

 

Karumo

courtesan, associated with Hayano Kampei

S72.8

 

Karumo

filial girl of Matsuyama

S23.16

 

Kasane

wife of Yoyemon; heroine of a ghost-story

S30.3; S74.54

 

Kashiwade no Omi Hadesu

envoy to Korea under the Emperor Kimmei (545)

S1e.7; S1e (drawing); S4a.8; S17.3; S24.16

 

Kashiwade no Omi Hanoshi

envoy to Korea under the Emperor Kimmei (545)

S1e.7; S1e (drawing); S4a.8; S17.3; S24.16

 

Kashiwade no Omi Hasuhi

envoy to Korea under the Emperor Kimmei (545)

S1e.7; S1e (drawing); S4a.8; S17.3; S24.16

 

Kashiwade no Omi Hatebe

envoy to Korea under the Emperor Kimmei (545)

S1e.7; S1e (drawing); S4a.8; S17.3; S24.16

 

Kashiwagi-dayû

courtesan of Shimabara in the Chûshingura

S56.12

 

Katô Yoshiaki

1563-1631; fought in Korea

S62.35