Banners of 128 Dynasty Warlords from "Three Kingdoms" by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
The Sangokushi(Three Kingdoms) manga based on the Chinese literary classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the best known works of Mitsuteru Yokoyama, along with super-robot manga Tetsujin 28-go and ninja manga Akakage.
In the shopping arcade of Shin-Nagata, Kobe, near the life-sized statue of Tetsujin 28-go we spotted Sangokushi-themed banners, each featuring a character from the manga, 128 in all.
Pics after the cut!
"The World of Sangokushi"
The first was Yi Ji. The names of all personages of the Three Kingdoms are pronounced differently in Japanese (e.g. Yi Ji is pronounced I-Seki) and the banners were sorted in the order of the Japanese syllabary.
2. Gan Ji. The colour of the banner represents the kingdom the person served. Orange: Shu Han, pink: Cao Wei, blue: Eastern Wu, green: others, or neutral.
3. Yu Jin
4. Yuan Shu
5. Yuan Shao
6. Wang Yun
7. Wang Ping
8. Hua Xin
9. Jia Xu
10. Guo Jia
11. Guo Si
12. Hao Zhao
13. Yue Jin
14. Guo Huai
15. Xiahou Yuan
16. Empress He
17. Xiahou Dun
18. Xiahou Ba
19. He Jin
20. Hua Tuo
21. Hua Xiong
22. Guan Yu
23. Guan Xing
24. Han Sui
25. Gan Ning
26. Guan Ping
27. Yan Liang
28. Wei Yan
29. Jiang Wei
30. Qiao Xuan
31. Xu Chu
32. Yu Fan
33. Yan Yan
35. Huang Gai
36. Gongsun Zan
37. Huang Zhong
38. Go-Kokudai, a fictional younger sister of Wu Zhi.
39. Cai Mao
40. Zuo Ci
41. Shikyo-Shonin, a fictional oracle from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
42. Sima Yi
43. Sima Hui
44. Sima Shi
Shima Shi's banner was in disarray, we couldn't get a good look at him.
45. Sima Zhao
46. Ten Attendants
47. Zhou Cang
48. Zhou Tai
49. Zhou Yu
50. Lady Zhurong
51. Xun Yu
52. Jiang Wan
53. Zhong Hui
54. Jiang Gan
55. Jiang Qin
56. Zhuge Jin
57. Zhuge Liang
58. Xu Huang
59. Xu Shu
60. Xu Sheng
61. Suu-Shi, concubine of Cao Cao.
62. Cao Rui
63. Cao Xiu
64. Cao Hong
65. Cao Zhi
66. Cao Zhen
67. Cao Ren
68. Cao Cao
69. Cao Pi
70. Sun Qian
71. Sun Jian
72. Sun Quan
73. Sun Ce
74. Sun Shangxiang
75. Two Qiaos
76. Taishi Ci
77. Zhao Yun
78. Zhang Jiao
79. Zhang He
80. Zhang Zhao
81. Zhang Song
82. Zhang Ren
83. Diao Chan
84. Zhang Fei
85. Zhang Bao
86. Zhang Yi
87. Zhang Liao
88. Zhang Lu
89. Chen Gong
90. Chen Gui
91. Chen Deng
92. Cheng Yu
93. Cheng Pu
94. Dian Wei
95. Deng Ai
96. Tao Qian
97. Dong Cheng
98. Dong Zhuo
99. Ma Su
100. Ma Dai
101. Ma Chao
You can see banner 1 through 101 by going straight down the arcade from where the life-sized Tetsujin stood, but the arcade ends a little past banner 101. To see the rest, you must go back a little and enter this "Marugo Ichiba (Circle 5 Market)".
The entrance is located somewhere around Cao Cao's banner (No. 68).
103. Ma Liang
104. Fei Yi
105. Mi Zhu
106. Princess Fuyo, fictional first love of Liu Bei.
107. Wen Chou
108. Fa Zheng
109. Pang Tong
110. Pang De
111. Man Chong
112. Meng Huo
113. Meng Da
114. Yang Yi
This is the end of "Marugo Ichiba".
The rest of the banners are placed in "Nishi Kobe Center Gai" arcade, a little north from here.
115. Li Jue
116. Lu Xun
117. Li Ru
118. Li Dian
119. Liu Qi
120. Liu Zhang
121. Liu Shan
122. Liu Bei
123. Liu Biao
124. Liu Feng
125. Lu Bu
126. Lu Meng
127. Lu Su
128. Lu Zhi
Unfortunately, Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Three Kingdoms is not translated to English as far as we know, but there are many gripping films and television series based on the Chinese classic including Red Cliff. It'll be a good place to start if you're interested.
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