Index of Characters
Portrayed in Kuniyoshi’s Warrior Prints
Kuniyoshi portrayed nearly 1,000 different characters
in his warrior and historical prints.
The information below is primarily drawn from Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell
University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately
published supplement. Additional
information about a particular single-sheet print (beginning with the letter S)
may be found by following this link,
and additional information about specific triptychs and diptych (beginning with
the letter T) may be found by following this link. Kuniyoshi occasionally altered the name of a
character on a print, and such altered names appear in parentheses after the
numerical designation of the print. The
subject of Japanese names is complex. In
Kuniyoshi’s time, and until about 1900, the family name preceded the given
name. Although many characters are
listed under more than one name, please look under different names and
alternate spellings if unable to locate a particular character.
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