Names Beginning with U-Z

 

Name

Identity

Single Sheet Prints

Triptychs and Diptychs

Uchida Saburô

Taira warrior slain by Tomoye-gozen

S7.4

 

Ude no Kisaburô

otokodate dramatic character

S40.9; S42.7

 

Ukareme, Muro no

'courtesan of Muro' (now Murotsu); said to have been an incarnation of Fugen Bosatsu

S33.5

 

Ukiyo Watabei

dramatic character (perhaps Matabei).

S74.2

 

Ukon

poetess; mother of Suô-no-naishi

S19.38

 

Ume no Yoshibei

dramatic character; husband of Ko-ume

S40.10; S46.79

 

Umegawa

beloved of Chûbei in ‘Meido no hikyaku’

S46.75

 

Umewaka Maru

child carried off by a slave-dealer

S46.21

 

Umi Bôzu (The 'Sea Monk')

monstrous marine apparition

S44.44

 

Uneme

heroic girl who saved her village from a monstrous serpent

S20.26 (a different Uneme?); S23.23

 

Unno Kotarô

protagonist at the Battle of Kurikaradani

 

T303

Unrikongô Sôman

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.73; S3.7

 

Urashlma Tarô

Japanese Rip Van Winkle

S74.39; S95e (not in Robinson)

 

Usami Suruga no Kami

Uyesugi warrior at Kawanakajima

 

T331

Ushiwaka Maru

child-name of Yoshitsune

S1b.2; S1e.16; S1f.3; S1f.11; S7.5; S8.4; S9.5; S22.13; S28.2; S31.35; S32.11; S35a (not in Robinson); S36.22; S37.14; S45.3; S45.42; S46.1; S46.11; S52.7; S65 (all); S73.13 bis.; S74.16; S76.1; S77.6; S84.9; S88.8; S88.37; S89.9

T1; T5; T16; T17; T20; T29a; T32; T40; T45; T47; T53; T54; T56; T59; T63; T64; T65; T66; T67; T68; T69; T70; T84; T93; T97; T108; T109; T117; T122; T124; T126; T127; T133; T134; T135; T147; T149; T150; T150; T151; T162a; T163; T164; T167; T185; T194; T215; T221; T222; T224; T227; T230; T241; T242; T264; T267; T282; T319; T327; T337; T339; T351

Usui Matagorô

monster-slayer of Hida province

S1c.3

 

Usuyuki-Hime

heroine of ‘Usuyuki monogatari’; beloved of Sonobe Sayemon

S46.46

 

Uyeshima Monya

youthful retainer of Yenya in the Chûishingura

S56.7

 

Wada Hyôye

character in the play ‘Ômi Genji’

S74.30

 

Wada Idzumi no Kami

Kusunoki warrior in the war against the Ashikaga

 

T350

Waikyakko Ôyei

Chinese hero of the Suikoden

S2.74; S3.2

 

Wakaba-no-Naishi

mother of Rokudai

S45.46

 

Wakamatsu

ama who tried to recover the Sword of the Regalia after the Battle of Dan-no-ura

 

T134

Wakasa no Suke (Kamei Sama)

character in the Chûshingura

S55.2; S86.1; S86.2

T248; T248a

Wakatsuki Heidayû

Takeda warrior at Kawanakajima

 

T292

Wankyû (short for Wanya Kyûyemon)

late 17th century poet distracted by love

S46.42

 

Wanya Kyûyemon

late 17th century poet distracted by love; also known as Wankyû

S46.42

 

Washi-no-o (or Washio) Saburô Tsunehisa (or Yoshihisa)

young hunter who showed Yoshitsune the Hiyodori-goye path at Ichi-no-tani

S1a.10; S24 (not in Robinson); S65.11

T64

Watanabe Wataru

mid twelfth century; husband of Kesa-gozen

 

T129

Watari (Tada) Shinzayemon

retainer of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Yasumasa

S94.3

T6

Watônai

pirate offspring of a Chinese father and Japanese mother; often used as substitute name for Katô Kiyomasa

 

 

Witches (also see ‘demons’ and ‘ghosts’)

 

S5.7; S48.2; S74.28; S87.1

T138

Yadahei

son of Konomura Ôinosuke in ‘Gosan no kiri’

S46.61

 

Yakamochi, Chûnagon Otomo no

d.785; one of the Hundred Poets

S27.6

 

Yamabuki-Gozen

formerly Sarashina-hime; wife of Yoshinaka who fought beside him

S20.27

T60; T95

Yamamoto Kansuke Nyûdô Haruyuki Dôkisai

Takeda general at Kawanakajima; one-eyed, in early life a considerable scholar; also known as Haruyuk

S34.4; S35.16; S38.12; S44.37; S63.2; S81.6; S82.3; S84.2; S92.5; S95f.5

T154; T161; T190; T247; T259; T313

Yamanaka Dankurô

 

S1f.16

T212

Yamato-Take-no-Mikoto

81-113; son of the Emperor Keikô; active against the aborigines; also known as Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto

S4b.5; S88.27

 

Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto

81-113; son of the Emperor Keikô; active against the aborigines; also known as Yamato-Take-no-Mikoto

S4b.5; S88.27

 

Yama-Uba

wife of Sakata Kurando and mother of Kintoki, formerly called Yayegiri

S35a.2; S38.4; S46.87; S74.18; S74.34; S88.12; S95e.7

T44

Yamazaki Yogorô

character in several plays including 'Michiyuki koi no Yamazaki’

S46.80

 

Yaoya ('Greengrocer') Hambei

character in the play ‘Yoigoshin’

S46.59

 

Yasha Arashi

wrestler

S4a.17

 

Yasuakira, Sama-No-Suke Fujiwara no

1563-1631; fought in Korea

S62.35

 

Yasubei, Horibe

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also called Taketsune, Oribe Yasubei 

S54.34; S57.8 (Horiye); S58.3; S72.6 (Yasahei); S80.18 (Orinabe); S90.34 (Horibe)

T148 (Horiguchi); T184; T213

Yasuchika, Abe no

court astrologer who unmasked Tamamo-no-maye as the nine-tailed fox

S1c.1

 

Yasuharu, Orio Mosuke

youthful retainer of Hideyoshi; also known as Yoshiharu, Dôji

S62.27

T202

Yasuhide, Bunya

eminent ninth-century poet

S19.22

 

Yasuhide, Fumiya

eminent ninth-century poet

S19.22

 

Yasukata, Utou

character in the play ‘Sôma dairi’

S45.19

 

Yasumasa, Fujiwara no

retainer of Raikô

S35.11; S74.42

T3; T4; T21; T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357

Yasumasa, Hirai no

retainer of Raikô

S35.11; S74.42

T3; T4; T21; T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357

Yasumasa

retainer of Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Watari (Tada) Shinzayemon

S94.3

T6

Yasuna, Abe no

husband of the fox-woman Kuzunoha

S45.24; S74.44

 

Yasusuke, Hakamadare

robber, sometimes identified with Kidô Maru

S24.8; S35.11; S46.76; S74.42

 

Yata Jiroyemon

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also known as Suketake, Yata Goroyemon

S54.36; S57.42; S59.7 (Jiroyemon); S72.7 (Yada); S78.11 (Yada Gorozayemon); S80.8 (Yada Gorozayemon); S90.36 (Gorozayemon)

 

Yawata Saburô

retainer of Kudô Suketsune; perhaps identical with Hachiman Saburô

 

T102

Yaye

wife of Sakura Maru in the play ‘Sugawara’

S45.35; S46.84

 

Yayegaki-Hime

betrothed to Takeda Katsuyori and faithful to his memory

S36.13; S45.17; S46.72; S74.31

 

Yayegiri

wife of Sakata Kurando and mother of Kintoki, also known as Yama-Uba

S35a.2; S38.4; S46.87; S74.18; S74.34; S88.12; S95e.7

T44

Yazama Jûtarô

one of the Forty-Seven Rônin; also called Moto-Oki, Yazama Jûjirô

S46.92 (Jûtarô); S54.13; S72.9 (Jûtarô); S90.13

 

Yebina Gempachi

wrestling umpire before Yoritomo

S95f.6