Names Beginning with N-R

 

Name

Identity

Single Sheet Prints

Triptychs and Diptychs

Nagachlka, Kldô Takuzayemon

vassal of Konishi Yukinaga; fought in Korea

S62.19

 

Nagahide, Tanabe

retainer of Oguri Hangwan

S26.5

 

Nagamasa, Asai Bizen no Kami

1545-73; fought Nobunaga, but married his sister; also known as Nakamasa

S62.5.

 

Nagamochi, Jô Shirô

fought Yoshinaka, but later joined Yoritomo

 

T25; T61; T240

Nagamune

warrior prominent in the attack on the Hôjô at Rokuhara in Kyoto (1333); also known as Mega Magosaburô

S88.42

T270

Nagasaka Gengorô

Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima

 

T292

Nagasaki, Kangayû Sayemon

 

S1c.16

 

Nagase Hangwan

retainer of Kiso Yoshinaka

 

T95

Nagatame, Tanabe

retainer of Oguri Hangwan

S26.6

 

Nagayasu

squire to Nobunaga; also known as Ran Maru, Hori (Mori)

S62.13; S93.1

T204

Nagoya Sanza (Burô)

dramatic character in several plays

S36.41; S37.17; S46.7

T287

Nakamaro, Abe no

701-70; poet and expatriate in China

S19.7; S27.7; S95e.4

 

Nakamasa, Asai Bizen no Kami

1545-73; fought Nobunaga, but married his sister; also known as Nagamasa

S62.5.

 

Nakamatsu Kurobei

retainer of Moronao in the Chûshingura

S57.22

 

Nakanari, Fujiwara no, ghost of

d.810; conspirator

S46.40

 

Nakanishi Dairokurô

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima

 

T316

Nakasaina Sonja

one of the Sixteen Rakan

S1d.3

 

Namba Jirô

1160; retainer of Kiyomori

S1c.4

T10

Namiko

disguised name of Konami, daughter of Honzô in the Chûshingura

S45.56

 

Naoiye, Kojirô

son of Naozane

S74.10

 

Naonori

villain and magician in the play ‘Sendai hagi’; also known as Nikki Danjô

S45.41

 

Naosada, Kumagaye

father of Naozane (mid twelfth century).

S1a.11

 

Naoye Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Kanetsugu

S34.12; S36.34; S83.2

 

Naoyoshi, Ashikaga

1307-52; younger brother of Taka-uji; also known as Tadayoshi, Ashlkaga

S22.4

 

Naozane, Kumagaye Jirô

d.1208; Minamoto warrior who killed Atsumori; Naozane was later known as Renshô-Bô

S31.36; S32.4; S44.23; S45.6; S46.78; S50.1; S88.6

T38; T48; T66; T226; T228; T229

Nareginu

daughter of Mikawa Zenji and beloved of Yoshi-iye

 

T111a

Narihira, Ariwara no

825-80; courtier, poet, and Don Juan

S19.17; S27.17; S44.41; S45.28; S74.41

 

Narikiyo, Kamei Rokuro

retainer of Yoshitsune; also known as Shigekiyo, Kamei Rokuro

S31.11

T215

Narukami Shônin

eponymous hero of the play ‘Narukami’

S46.74

 

Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka

b. 1167; Minamoto warrior celebrated as an archer

 

T256

Nichiren

1222-82; priest and founder of the Hokke-shû sect

S6 (all)

 

Nii no Ama

wife of Kiyomori; grandmother of Emperor Antoku

 

T96

Nijô no Tsubone

beloved of the poet Narihira

S74.41

 

Nikki Danjô Naonori

villain and magician in the play ‘Sendai hagi’; also known as Naonori

S45.41

 

Nikki Gennosuke

 

S1e.2

 

Nikkyô

disciple of Nichiren

S6.2

 

Nobu

a filial girl, who looked after her mother

S23.18

 

Nobufusa, Baba Mino no Kami

Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima; also called Baba Mino no Kami

S81.1; S88.13

 

Nobukiyo, Ôboshi Seizayemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.32; S71.6; S72.3; S80.19 (Ôishi); S90.32

 

Nobunaga, Oda

war-lord;also known as Harunaga, Ôta; 1534-82

S62.28

T204

Nobushige

younger brother of Shingen; fought at Kawanakajima; also known as Takeda Sama-no-Suke

S34.3; S63.9; S82.2

 

Nobutomo, Ôboshi Sampei

 

S56.17

 

Nobutsuna, Sasaki

d.1242; fought for the Hôjô

 

T198

Nobutsura, Hasebe Chôhyôye-no-jô

Minamoto warrior who distinguished himself at the defense of the Takakura palace

S1c.11; S15.7; S46.41; S87a.1

 

Nobuyoshi, Anayama Idzu no Kami

Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima

S63.3

 

Nobuyuki, Teraoka Heiyemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.18; S58.1; S90.18

 

Noda Shirô

Kusunoki warrior slain at Shijô-nawate in 1348

 

T347

Norihisa, Kuriu Sayemon

retainer of Nitta Yoshisada

S94.3

T6

Norikane, Yatô Yomoshichi

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.3; S57.41; S59.8; S71.1; S72.4 (Satô); S78.2; S80.11; S90.3

 

Norimori, Taira no

d.1185; younger brother of Kiyomori

 

T229

Noritaka

retainer of Yoshinaka at the Uji river battle

 

T191

Noritsune, Noto no Kami

Taira champion and giant; son of Norimori

S36.32; S65.13

T68; T69; T109; T222; T230; T256; T337

Noriyasu, Senzaki Yagorô

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin

S54.12; S57.7; S58.2; S72.7; S78.5 (Kanzaki); S80.12 (Kanzaki); S90.12

 

Noriyori, Minamoto no

1156-93; brother of Yoritomo and Yoshitsune

S44.46

T45

Nozarashi Gosuke

a chivalrous dramatic character (kyôkaku).

S40.4; S42.5

 

Nuregami Chôgorô

wrestler in the play 'Futatsu chôchô'

S40.5; S46.10; S74.2 (possibly); S74.60

T172

Nuregami Katsunosuke

wrestler; perhaps identical with Nuregami Chôgorô

S74.2

 

nuye

composite monster that afflicted Emperor Konoye

S74.72; S95d.3; S95f (not in Robinson)

T7; T112

Nyogetsu-ni

witch; perhaps an alternative name for Takiyasha-hime

S74.28

 

Nyûbinata Kôjû

Chinese hero of the Suikoden; also known as Hatsubinada Kôjô

S2.48; S3.10

 

Ôanamuchi-no-Mikoto

divinity at the Kita shrine of Hagui in Noto

S4a.10

 

Ôboshi Rikiya

young son of Yuranosuke in the Chûshingura; also known as Chikara and as Yoshikane, Ôboshi