Names Beginning with U-Z
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Name |
Identity |
Single Sheet Prints |
Triptychs and
Diptychs |
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Uchida
Saburô |
Taira
warrior slain by Tomoye-gozen |
S7.4 |
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Ude no
Kisaburô |
otokodate dramatic character |
S40.9; S42.7 |
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Ukareme,
Muro no |
'courtesan
of Muro' (now Murotsu); said to have been an incarnation of Fugen Bosatsu |
S33.5 |
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Ukiyo
Watabei |
dramatic
character (perhaps Matabei). |
S74.2 |
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Ukon |
poetess;
mother of Suô-no-naishi |
S19.38 |
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dramatic character;
husband of Ko-ume |
S40.10;
S46.79 |
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Umegawa |
beloved of
Chûbei in ‘Meido no hikyaku’ |
S46.75 |
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Umewaka Maru |
child
carried off by a slave-dealer |
S46.21 |
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Umi Bôzu
(The 'Sea Monk') |
monstrous
marine apparition |
S44.44 |
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Uneme |
heroic girl
who saved her village from a monstrous serpent |
S20.26 (a
different Uneme?); S23.23 |
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Unno Kotarô |
protagonist
at the Battle of Kurikaradani |
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T303 |
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Unrikongô
Sôman |
Chinese hero
of the Suikoden |
S2.73; S3.7 |
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Urashlma Tarô |
Japanese Rip
Van Winkle |
S74.39; S95e
(not in Robinson) |
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Usami Suruga
no Kami |
Uyesugi
warrior at Kawanakajima |
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T331 |
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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 |
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Usui
Matagorô |
monster-slayer
of Hida province |
S1c.3 |
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Usuyuki-Hime |
heroine of
‘Usuyuki monogatari’; beloved of Sonobe Sayemon |
S46.46 |
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Uyeshima
Monya |
youthful
retainer of Yenya in the Chûishingura |
S56.7 |
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Wada Hyôye |
character in
the play ‘Ômi Genji’ |
S74.30 |
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Wada Idzumi
no Kami |
Kusunoki
warrior in the war against the Ashikaga |
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T350 |
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Waikyakko
Ôyei |
Chinese hero
of the Suikoden |
S2.74; S3.2 |
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Wakaba-no-Naishi |
mother of
Rokudai |
S45.46 |
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Wakamatsu |
ama who
tried to recover the Sword of the Regalia after the Battle of Dan-no-ura |
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T134 |
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Wakasa no
Suke (Kamei Sama) |
character in
the Chûshingura |
S55.2;
S86.1; S86.2 |
T248; T248a |
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Wakatsuki
Heidayû |
Takeda
warrior at Kawanakajima |
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T292 |
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Wankyû
(short for Wanya Kyûyemon) |
late 17th
century poet distracted by love |
S46.42 |
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Wanya
Kyûyemon |
late 17th
century poet distracted by love; also known as Wankyû |
S46.42 |
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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 |
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Watanabe
Wataru |
mid twelfth
century; husband of Kesa-gozen |
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T129 |
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Watari
(Tada) Shinzayemon |
retainer of
Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Yasumasa |
S94.3 |
T6 |
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Watônai |
pirate
offspring of a Chinese father and Japanese mother; often used as substitute
name for Katô Kiyomasa |
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Witches
(also see ‘demons’ and ‘ghosts’) |
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S5.7; S48.2;
S74.28; S87.1 |
T138 |
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Yadahei |
son of
Konomura Ôinosuke in ‘Gosan no kiri’ |
S46.61 |
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Yakamochi,
Chûnagon Otomo no |
d.785; one
of the Hundred Poets |
S27.6 |
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Yamabuki-Gozen
|
formerly
Sarashina-hime; wife of Yoshinaka who fought beside him |
S20.27 |
T60; T95 |
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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 |
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Yamanaka
Dankurô |
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S1f.16 |
T212 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Yamazaki
Yogorô |
character in
several plays including 'Michiyuki koi no Yamazaki’ |
S46.80 |
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Yaoya
('Greengrocer') Hambei |
character in
the play ‘Yoigoshin’ |
S46.59 |
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Yasha Arashi |
wrestler |
S4a.17 |
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Yasuakira,
Sama-No-Suke Fujiwara no |
1563-1631;
fought in Korea |
S62.35 |
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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 |
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Yasuchika,
Abe no |
court
astrologer who unmasked Tamamo-no-maye as the nine-tailed fox |
S1c.1 |
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Yasuharu,
Orio Mosuke |
youthful retainer
of Hideyoshi; also known as Yoshiharu, Dôji |
S62.27 |
T202 |
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Yasuhide,
Bunya |
eminent
ninth-century poet |
S19.22 |
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Yasuhide,
Fumiya |
eminent
ninth-century poet |
S19.22 |
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Yasukata,
Utou |
character in
the play ‘Sôma dairi’ |
S45.19 |
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Yasumasa,
Fujiwara no |
retainer of
Raikô |
S35.11;
S74.42 |
T3; T4; T21;
T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357 |
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Yasumasa,
Hirai no |
retainer of
Raikô |
S35.11;
S74.42 |
T3; T4; T21;
T26a; T128; T169; T261; T262; T298; T305; T357 |
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Yasumasa |
retainer of
Nitta Yoshisada; also known as Watari (Tada) Shinzayemon |
S94.3 |
T6 |
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Yasuna, Abe
no |
husband of
the fox-woman Kuzunoha |
S45.24;
S74.44 |
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Yasusuke,
Hakamadare |
robber,
sometimes identified with Kidô Maru |
S24.8; S35.11;
S46.76; S74.42 |
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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) |
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Yawata Saburô |
retainer of
Kudô Suketsune; perhaps identical with Hachiman Saburô |
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T102 |
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Yaye |
wife of
Sakura Maru in the play ‘Sugawara’ |
S45.35;
S46.84 |
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Yayegaki-Hime |
betrothed to
Takeda Katsuyori and faithful to his memory |
S36.13; S45.17;
S46.72; S74.31 |
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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 |
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Yazama
Jûtarô |
one of the
Forty-Seven Rônin; also called
Moto-Oki, Yazama Jûjirô |
S46.92
(Jûtarô); S54.13; S72.9 (Jûtarô); S90.13 |
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Yebina
Gempachi |
wrestling
umpire before Yoritomo |
S95f.6 |