Sakata no Kintoki
Japanese · mortal · mid heian · mortal
The identification of this man with Kintarō — the red child of enormous strength raised on a mountain by a mountain-crone, who is on every Boys' Day banner in Japan — is standard in the Japanese tradition and was NOT returned by the sources consulted in this session. The census blocks it as a research item rather than stating it here. What is cited is what the treatments gave: he is one of the four.
Domains
- warfare
- strength
Relations
- subordinate to: Minamoto no Yorimitsu
- companion: Watanabe no Tsuna
Sources
- Reference treatment of Yorimitsu's Four Guardian Kings.