Watanabe no Tsuna
Japanese · mortal · mid heian · Recorded classification
The best-known of the four, and the one with his own story: the demon of the Rashōmon gate, whose arm he cut off and kept in a box until an old woman claiming to be his aunt asked to see it and took it back. Every Japanese person knows that story and the registry had neither the man nor his lord.
Domains
- warfare
Relations
- subordinate to: Minamoto no YorimitsuReference treatment of Watanabe no Tsuna as a companion in arms of Yorimitsu and leader of his four retainers. (secondary)
- companion: Sakata no KintokiOne of the four.Reference treatment of the four retainers as a group. (secondary)
Sources
- Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025) is the Heian samurai who led Minamoto no Yorimitsu's four retainers, the Shitennō.: Reference treatment of Watanabe no Tsuna. (secondary)