| Sasaki | |
Morisan's leading pupil. |
| Masayuki | Harada |
Painter. One of Ono's colleagues. |
| Mr | Hayasaka |
Taro's colleague. |
| Mrs | Kawakami |
Bar owner. |
| Mr | Kyo |
Ono and Saito's mutual friend. |
| Chishu | Matsuda |
Worked for the Okada-Shingen Society. |
| Jiro | Miyake |
Noriko's ex fiancé. |
| Mr | Mori |
Ono's visitor. |
| Seiji | Moriyama |
Painter and printmaker. |
| Seiji | Moriyama |
Ono's former teacher. Aka: Morisan. |
| Miyamoto | Musashi |
Japanese philosopher. |
| Yukio | Naguchi |
A composer who committed suicide. |
| Yasunari | Nakahara |
A new artist in Takeda firm. Aka: The Tortoise. |
| Eiji | Nastuki |
Journalist. One of Ono's colleagues. |
| Mr | Ogawa |
Host of the engagement party. |
| Masuji | Ono |
Retired artist and teacher. |
| Shigeo | Otsuji |
Journalist. One of Ono's colleagues. |
| Dr | Saito |
Taro's father. |
| Taro | Saito |
Noriko's fiancé. |
| Akira | Sugimura |
One of the city's most respected and influential men. |
| Miss | Sugimura |
Akira's daughter. |
| Miss | Suzuki |
Matsuda's housekeeper and nurse. |
| Emperor | Taisho |
Former emperor of Japan. |
| Master | Takeda |
Takeda firm owner. |
| Mrs | Watanabe |
Deer park owner. |
| Lord | Yoshitsune |
Was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan. |
| Botchan | |
Matsuda's neighbor. |
| Enchi | |
Kuroda's protégé. |
| Gisaburo | |
Morisan's old friend. |
| Hirayama boy |
| Boy with Hirayama disease a.k.a. monomelic amyotrophy. |
| Ichiro | |
Setsuko's son. |
| Kenji | |
Ono's son who was killed during the war. |
| Kuroda | |
One of the brilliant young men in school. Ono's former protégé. |
| Maki | |
A story-teller. |
| Matsumoto | |
An artist. |
| Michiko | |
Ono's late wife. |
| Misumi | |
Playwright. One of Ono's colleagues. |
| Mitsuo | |
Dr Saito's younger son. |
| Murasaki | |
One of the brilliant young men in school. |
| Nakane | |
Principal at Minami Imperial College. |
| Noriko | |
Ono's younger daughter. |
| Sachiko | |
Ono's mother. |
| Setsuko | |
Ono's eldest daughter. |
| Shintaro | |
Ono's former student. |
| Suichi | |
Setsuko's husband. |
| Tanaka | |
One of the brilliant young men in school. |
| Urayama | |
An artist. |
| Yamagata | |
An old veteran soldier. |
| Yoshio | |
Shintaro's brother. |
