The stone thrower who never missed. Zhang Qing earned his nickname "Featherless Arrow" because he didn't need a bow - he could hurl stones with such deadly accuracy that they flew like arrows, faster and truer than any fletched shaft. He defended a strategic pass by standing on the walls and dropping enemy commanders one by one, each stone finding its mark. When the Liangshan outlaws came to recruit him, he held them off single-handedly until they convinced him his talents belonged with the 108.

Kuniyoshi captures him mounted on a magnificent horse, the animal rearing dramatically as Zhang Qing raises his hand in that characteristic throwing motion. His armor is elaborate and ornate, blues and golds and intricate patterns marking him as a warrior of status. That banner behind him ripples with supernatural energy, the horse's mane flows like silk, and his expression is focused and confident. He doesn't need weapons - just stones and that perfect aim that made him legendary.

This is from Kuniyoshi's groundbreaking 1827 Suikoden series, the prints that changed everything. Edo audiences had never seen heroes depicted with this much dynamic energy and theatrical flair. Zhang Qing gets the mounted warrior treatment - appropriate for a man who could turn pebbles into death from horseback, who made simplicity into art and accuracy into legend.

This is Zhang Qing (張清), the "Featherless Arrow" (沒羽箭); known in Japan as Botsu-usen Chōsei (沒羽箭張清), from the series Tsūzoku suikoden gōketsu hiyakuhachinin no hitori (通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個, One of the 108 famous Water Margin heroes) 1827.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳, 1798-1861)