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