Japanese legends

samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period

Japanese legend

thumb|180px|right|A young Kintarō battling Namazu, in a print by Yoshitoshi is a folk hero from Japanese folklore. A child of superhuman strength, he was raised by a yama-uba ("mountain witch") on Mount Ashigara. He became friendly with the animals of the mountain, and later, after catching Shuten-dōji, the terror of the region around Mount Ōe, he became a loyal follower of Minamoto no Yorimitsu under the new name . He is a popular figure in Bunraku and kabuki drama, and it is a custom to put up a Kintarō doll on Boy's Day in the hope that boys will become equally brave and strong.

Regent of the Fujiwara clan

thumb|An Akabeko toy

thumb|300px|Utsuro-bune. Manjudō, the strange boat drifted ashore on fief of Lord Ogasawara.

Japanese samurai

war chronicle based on 'Revenge of Soga Brothers'

Japanese onmyouji and warrior, character from "Gikeiki"

Japanese folk story

Heian period onmyōji, rival of Abe no Seimei

Japanese legend in the late Edo period