Names Beginning
with M
|
Name |
Identity |
Single
Sheet Prints |
Triptychs
and Diptychs |
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Machû |
Chinese warrior in the Wars of
the Three Kingdoms |
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T310 |
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Magoemon |
elderly dramatic character;
father of Umegawa |
S46.75 |
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Mama, faithful wife of |
a beauty of lowly origin who
married well |
S21.6 |
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Masa-Aki, Mase Chûdayû |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.44; S72.2 (Yase Chindayûi); S90.44 |
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Masafusa, Ôe
no |
eleventh-century courtier |
S1f.5; S17.1 |
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Masaharu, Tai no Jurô |
retainer of Minamoto no Mitsunaka |
S4b.6 |
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Masahisa, Isoai
Juroemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.10; S80.17 (Isogaya Jirozaemon); S90.10 |
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Masakado, Taira no |
901-40; arch-rebel and usurper |
S61.5 |
T23; T177; T252 |
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Masakage, Nagao Echizen no
Kami |
Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima |
S34.11 |
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Masakage, |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.5; S82.4 |
T331 |
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Masakata, Sakagaki
Genzô |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.7; S90.7 |
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Masakata, Tomimori,
mother of |
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S56.9 |
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Masakata, Tomimori
Sukeemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.27; S78.9 (Tominomori); S80.2; S90.27 |
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Masaki Daizen |
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S24.11 |
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Masakiyo, Fujiwara no |
1562-1611; leading general of
Hideyoshi; also known as Kiyomasa, Katô |
S1e.1; S1f.19; S62.8; S76.8;
S84.3; S88.30; S95b.2 |
T183; T203; T205; T317 |
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Masakiyo, Morozumi Bungo no Kami |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.9 |
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Masako |
daughter of Hôjô Tokimasa and wife of Yoritomo |
S44.10 |
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Masakuni, Kazama |
retainer of Oguri Hangwan |
S26.8 |
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Masamori, Fukishima |
follower, successively, of
Hideyoshi and Ieyasu (1561-1624) |
S62.9 |
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Masanao, Sasai
Ukon |
follower of Nobunaga |
S62.37 |
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Masanobu, Kosaka Danjô-no-jô |
Warrior in the Kawanakajima campaign |
S95f.5 |
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Masanori, Kusunoki |
d. 1390; youngest son of
Masashige |
S61.4; S69 (not in Robinson) |
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Masaoka |
nurse to Ashikaga family;
appears in ‘ |
S20.16; S45.48 |
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Masasada, Kazama |
retainer of Oguri Hangwan |
S26.10 |
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Masashige, Kusunoki |
1294-1336; loyalist leader
against the Ashikaga |
S16.3; S31.10; S73.33; S84.8,
S95f.4b |
T82d (not in Robinson), T121;
T341; T344; T350; T352 |
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Masashige, Kusunoki, wife of |
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S20.29 |
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Masatada, Ina-Ue Daikurô |
retainer of Katô Kiyomasa; fought in |
S62.16 |
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Masatada, Endô
Giemon |
retainer of the Asai family |
S62.50 |
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Masataka, Shiôren
Sajima-no-Kami |
retainer of the Toki family |
S62.40 |
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Masatane, Fuwa
Katsuemon |
one of the Forry-Seven Rônin |
S54.4; S57.9; S59.2; S80.15;
S90.4 |
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Masatatsu, Mase Magoemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Masatoki, Mase Magokurô |
S54.41; S90.41 (Magokurô Masatoki) |
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Masatatsu, Nakamura Kansuke |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Tadatoki, Nakamura Kansuke and
as Masatoki, Nakamura Kansuke |
S54.16; S78.6 (Masatatsu); S90.16 (Masatoki) |
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Masatatsu, Oyamada Bitchû no Kami |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.7; S82.7 |
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Masatoki, Mase Magokurô |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Masatatsu, Mase Magoemon |
S54.41; S90.41 (Magokurô Masatoki) |
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Masatoki, Nakamura Kansuke |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Masatatsu, Nakamura Kansuke and
as Tadatoki, Nakamura Kansuke |
S54.16; S78.6 (Masatatsu); S90.16 (Masatoki) |
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Masatomo, Wada |
cousin of Kusunoki Masatsura |
S73.8 bis |
T271; T346 |
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Masatoshi, Hida Magobei |
follower of Katô Kiyomasa; fought in |
S62.12 |
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Masatoshi, Sugenoya
Sannojô |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.33; S90.33 (Sugatani Inojô). |
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Masatoyo, Naitô
Shuri |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima. |
S34.6; S82.5 |
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Masatsura, Kusunoki |
1326-48; eldest son of
Masashige; known as Tamon Maru in childhood |
S1c.7; S23.15; S73.8 bis; S73.33; S81.2 |
T79; T105; T271; T346 |
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Masayasu, Sasai
Kyûzô ( |
son of Masanao |
S62.36 |
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Masayoshi, Ogata Saburô |
umpire at wrestling under
Yoritomo |
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T74 |
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Masayuki, Sanada Kihei |
Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima |
S34.7 |
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Masuhara, Sachû |
retainer of Moronao in the Chûishingura |
S57.41 |
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Matabei, Iwasa, Tosa, Ukiyo (or Matabe, Domori) |
1578-1650; founder of the |
S36.57; S44.55; S44.56; S74.64 |
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Matabei, wife of |
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S36.57; S44.56 |
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Matagorô, Kawai (or Sawai) |
villain of the Igagoe revenge story |
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T106; T250; T290 |
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Matano Gorô |
d. 1182; warrior and wrestler
on the Taira side; also known as Kagehisa and as
Matano Gorô Kagehisa |
S1a.13; S1b (not in Robinson);
S1c.8; S1f.6; S8.1; S16.6; S46.85; S91 (not in Robinson); S95b.1 |
T28; T39; T94; T141; T197;
T227; T340; T353; c. 1820s (not in Robinson) |
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Matsugae Sekinosuke |
dramatic character; son of
Masaoka |
S45.55 |
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Matsui Minjirô |
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S74.18 |
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Matsui Tamejirô |
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S1a.17 |
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Matsunaga Danjô
Hisahide |
lord of |
S62.22 |
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Matsuô Maru |
faithful and self-sacrificing
supporter of Michizane in the play ‘Sugawara’ |
S45.53 |
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Matsuô Maru, wife of |
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S46.16 |
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Matsushima no Tsubone |
daughter of Sado no Kami Yasuchika and wife of Asahina Saburô
Yoshihide |
S22.10; S29.6 |
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Matsuwaka Maru |
character in the play ‘Onna Seigen’ |
S46.91 |
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filial girl of |
S23.16 |
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Matsuemon |
retainer of Yoshinaka; also
known as Higuchi Jirô and as Kanemitsu, Higuchi Jirô |
S1a.14; S46.34; S73.8; S94.2 |
T181 |
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Ma-Unkinshi
Obo |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.45; S3.9 |
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Mega Magosaburô |
warrior prominent in the
attack on the Hôjô at Rokuhara in |
S88.42 |
T270 |
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Menju Shôsuke Ieteru |
vassel of Katsuie, d. 1583 |
S62.23 |
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Michlkaze |
896-966; celebrated
calligrapher; also known as Ono no Tôfû |
S35.10 |
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Michi-Ie,
Nagamura Bunkasai |
veteran counselor of Shibata Katsuie |
S62.24 |
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Michitsuna, mother of |
poetess of the Fujiwara family |
S19.53 |
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Michizane, Sugawara no |
statesman, poet, and hero of
the play ‘Sugawara'; also known as Kanke |
S1f.13; S19.24; S45.49;
S46.30; S46.62; S95c.6; S95c (not in Robinson) |
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Miidera, Madwoman of |
her child was stolen by a
merchant |
S46.33 |
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Mimyô |
shirabyôshi dancer and Fujiwara no Tamenari |
S22.17 |
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Minamoto no Yoshiie (also known as Hachimantarô Yoshiie) |
Minamoto clan samurai of the
late Heian period |
|
c. 1820s (not in Robinson) |
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Minato |
wife of Yura Hyôgo, a retainer
of the Nitta family |
S44.5 |
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Minazuru-Hime |
daughter of Ki-ichi Hôgen; beloved of Yoshitsune |
S22.11; S45.42 |
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Japanese Paragon of Filial
Piety |
S23.17 |
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Mitono Kotarô |
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S74.43 |
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Mitsuchika, Toki Jurozaemon |
Akechi Mitsuhide
relative killed at Yodozutsumi |
S62.46 |
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Mitsuharu, Akechi Sama-no-Suke |
cousin of Mitsuhide;
killed himself in 1582 |
S62.51 |
T206 |
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Mitsukaze, Yazama Shinroku |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.40; S90.40 (Shunroku) |
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Mitsukazu, Onchi Sakon |
retainer of Kusunoki
Masashige; also known as Onchi Sakon-Tarô |
S81.4 |
T350 |
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Mitsukuni, Hamaji Shôgen |
retainer of Shibata Katsuie |
S62.10 |
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Mitsukuni, Ôyake Tarô |
retainer of Masakado (tenth
century). |
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T138 |
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Mitsumori, Tezuka Tarô |
retainer of Kiso Yoshinaka |
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T95 |
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Mitsunobu, Yazama
Kihei |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.43; S57.6; S90.43 |
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Mitsuoki, Hazama Jujirô |
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S80.22 |
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Mitsutada, |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.31; S57.22; S80.21; S90.31 |
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Mitsutaka, Hayami Sôzaemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.29; S57.17 (Tôzaemon); S90.29 |
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Mitsutoki, Ashioda |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Takanori, Ushioda
Masanojô |
S54.28; S78.10; S90.28 (Ashioda Maranojô Mirsuroki) |
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Mitsutoki, Saga Gorô |
Taira warrior at the battle of
Dan-no-ura (1185) |
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T96 |
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Mitsuyori, Fujiwara no |
statesman of the late eleventh
century |
S74.6 |
T52 |
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Miura Shiroemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Kanetsune, Miura Jiroemon |
S54.49; S72.4; S80.5; S90.49 |
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Miyagi Asojirô |
hero in ‘Asagao
monogatari’; lover of Miyuki |
S46.77 |
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Miyagino |
together with her younger
sister Shinobu she was revenged on her father's murderer, Shiga Danshichi |
S53.5 |
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Miya-Ishi Shôzaemon |
retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura |
S57.38 |
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Miyamoto Musashi |
1583-1647; swordsman, poet,
painter and craftsman |
S1a.19; S1f.4; S4b.3; S24.12;
S35.8; S37.16; S43.6; S48.3; S52.2; S53.6; S61.6; S74.68; S89.5 |
T33; T176; T208; T232; T335;
T358 |
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Miyuki |
lover of Asojirô
in the play ‘Asagao monogatari’ |
S46.77 |
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Mochakuten Tosen |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.46; S3.7 |
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Mochisuke |
1432-86; originally Sukenaga; also known as Dôkwan,
Ôta |
S1a.1; S67.4 |
T308a |
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Mokusuke, Matsumoto |
Uesugi warrior at Kawanakajima |
S63.15 |
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Momiji |
demon woman in the play
'Momiji-gari' |
S1c (not in Robinson) |
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Momotarô |
fairy-tale hero |
S1e.12; S9.3; S88.15 |
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Mongaku Shônin |
twelfth-century lover of the
ill-fated Kesa-gozen; also known as Moritô, Endô Musha |
S1e.6; S1e.13; S15.6; S24.2;
S45.7; S46.44; S52.1; S93.4 |
T129; T253 |
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Morimasu, Takuma Gemba-no-jô (or Sakuma Morimasa) |
1554-83; retainer of Shibata Katsuie |
S62.42 |
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Morimoto Gidayû Hidetora |
Retainer of Satô Masakiyo, 16th century |
S62.14 |
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Morinaga Shinnô
(Prince Ôto-no-miya
Morinaga-shinnô) |
1308-35; son of the Emperor
Go-Daigô, whose cause he championed; also known as Ôto-no-Miya |
S1c.5; S16.5; S24.14; S73.13;
S74.38 |
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Mori Ranmaru
Nagasada |
retainer of Ôta house, 1565-1582 |
S62.13 |
T312 |
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Moritô, Endô Musha |
twelfth-century lover of the
ill-fated Kesa-gozen; also known as Mongaku Shônin and as Endô Musha |
S1e.6; S1e.13; S15.6; S24.2;
S45.7; S46.44; S52.1; S93.4 |
T129; T253 |
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Moritsugu, Etchû
Zenji |
Taira warrior |
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T38; T69 |
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Moritsuna, Sasaki |
Minarnoto warrior |
S1a.6; S84.10; S89.7; S93.6 |
T220 |
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Moriya No Omuraji, Mononobe no |
d.587; an early enemy of
Buddhism |
S14.4; S14.5 |
T279 |
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Moronaga, Fujiwara no |
1137-92; character in a ghost
story |
S44.38 |
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Moronao, Musashi no Kami Kô no |
d.1351; general under the
Ashikaga; later adopted as the villain of the Chûshingura |
S22.9; S46.90; S54.38; S55.1;
S74.9; S86.1; S86.3; S86.11; S90.38 |
T34; T248; T260; T272; T285 |
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Moroyasu, Takano |
retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura |
S57.2 |
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Môsô (Meng Tsung) |
Chinese Paragon of Filial
Piety |
S13.2; S60.2 |
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Moto-Oki, Yazama
Jûjirô |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also called Yazama
Jûtarô |
S46.92 (Jûtarô);
S54.13; S72.9 (Jûtarô); S90.13 |
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Motosada, Doki Taishirô |
retainer of Gamô Sadahide (sixteenth
century) |
S4b.1 |
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Môtôsei Kômei |
Chinese hero of the Suikoden |
S2.47; S3.3 |
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Motosuke, Kiyowara no |
one of the Hundred Poets |
S19.42 |
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Mototoki, Hara Gôemon |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.46; S72.2; S80.1; S90.46 |
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Mototsugu, Kudô Shôhei |
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S92.1 |
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Motoyoshi-Shinnô |
prince-poet, son of the
Emperor Yôzei (877-85) |
S27.20 |
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Munefusa, Aihara Esuke |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.26; S59.1 (Aibara); S90.26 (Aibara). |
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Munefusa, Aihara, sister of |
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S56.11 |
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Munemori, Talra
no |
1147-85; son and heir of
Kiyomori |
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T68 |
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Munenori, Yukugawa Sampei |
one of the Forty-Seven Rônin |
S54.8; S57.16; S78.4 (Yokogawa
Kampei); S90.8 (Yodogawa Kampei) |
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Munesada |
retainer of Yoritomo, killed
at Ishibashiyama; also known as Yoshihisa, Sanada
and as Yoshitada, Sanada Yoichi |
S1a.13; S1c.18; S51c.8; S1f.6;
S8.1; S31.33 |
T28; T39; T94; T139; T197;
T227 |
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Munetô, Abe no |
eleventh-century rebel |
S22.1; S74.6 |
T52; T111a |
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Murakami Hikoshiro |
follower of Prince Moriyoshi in the Genkô War |
S76a |
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Murakami Shôemon |
villain in the story of Yasubei's revenge |
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T148; T213 |
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Murasaki-Shikibu |
d. 992; court lady and
authoress |
S95e.3 |
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Murashige, Aragi Settsu no Kami (Araki) |
ally of Nobunaga |
S62.4 |
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