Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025) was a Japanese samurai of the Heian period and a companion in arms of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, one of the earliest samurai to be famed for his military exploits in a number of tales and legends.
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"Watanabe no Tsuna meets Ibaraki-dōji at Modoribashi Bridge." Ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada.
"A Strange Account of the Destruction of the Bandits by the Elite Four" (Watanabe no Tsuna, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Urabe no Suetake, and Fujiwara no Yasumasa.), Yomihon book by Utagawa Toyokuni and Takizawa Bakin.
Yama-uba with Kintaro and Watanabe no Tsuna (Genji no Tsuna) in Mount Ashigara by Utagawa Kunisada, 1811
Watanabe no Tsuna fighting Ibaraki, mid Edo-period wood carving
Watanabe no Tsuna fighting the oni Ibaraki, ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Watanabe no Tsuna, mounted, encounters the demon woman Hashihime at the Modari Bridge, Ichijo, Kyoto.)
Watanabe no Tsuna and Demon of Rashomon, carver Otoman, circa 1830, ivory, height 72 mmAbout this person
Country
JapanStatus
deceased
Dates
Lived 953 to 1025 · aged 72
Written about in
6 languages
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