was a warrior of the mid-
Heian period
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.
His official name was .
According to
Otogizōshi stories compiled several centuries later, Sadamitsu was a
retainer
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of the Japanese legendary hero
Minamoto no Raikō
, also known as Minamoto no Raikō, served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Minamoto no Yorinobu, Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He is one of the earliest Minamoto clan, Min ...
. Sadamitsu is known as one of
The Four Guardian Kings
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under Raikō. Alternatively, in
Konjaku Monogatari
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he is listed as one of three retainers to Raikō. Following the
Tale of the Ground Spider
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within the tale of Raikō, Sadamitsu personally protected Raikō when he was suffering a mysterious ailment. Sadamitsu is also depicted in artwork and
kabuki
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Kabuki is thought to ...
plays.
At times Sadamitsu is depicted as female.
In the fairy story Kintaro, he was given the role to find Kintaro on Ashigarayama (Mt. Ashigara) by disguising himself as a logger and took him to meet Minamoto no Yorimitsu. https://japanese-wiki-corpus.github.io/person/Sadamitsu%20USUI.html
References
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