Kabuki characters

Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)

1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate (1147–1199)

Zheng Chenggong (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), born Zheng Sen () and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan, founding the Kingdom of Tungning.

is a popular hero of Japanese folklore. His name is often translated as Peach Boy, but is directly translated as Peach + Tarō, a common Japanese given name. Momotarō is also the title of various books, films and other works that portray the tale of this hero.

samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period

Japanese poet

thumb|Benkei by Kikuchi Yōsai , popularly known by the mononym Benkei (), was a Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185). Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue warrior. He later came to respect and serve the famous warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune, also known as Ushiwakamaru. He is commonly depicted as a man of great strength and loyalty, and a popular subject of Japanese folklore showcased in many ancient and modern literature and productions.

' or Achala (, "The Immovable", ), also known as (, "Immovable Lord") or ' (, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.

Japanese swordsman

Japanese outlaw

Japanese noble

Taira Clan commander in the Genpei War

Daimyō of the Akō Domain; immortalized in Chūshingura

Japanese commander

Japanese statesman

Japanese samurai

Samurai; famous for 47 Ronin stories

Samurai; the leader of the Forty-seven Ronin

right|thumb|The kitsune Kuzunoha. Note the shadow of a fox cast on the screen. Print by Kuniyoshi.

Japanese warrior

thumb|A shōjō rolling a ( barrel of sake).

samurai

Japanese samurai

Japanese teenager executed by burning at the stake for arson

samurai

Samurai; one of 47 ronin

Japanese businessperson (died 1525)

Japanese rebel

Japanese folk story

Japanese samurai

or Shippei Taro (German spelling: Schippeitaro; or ) is the name of a helper dog in the Japanese fairy tale by the same name.

Heian period onmyōji, rival of Abe no Seimei

fictional samurai in bunraku and kabuki play