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, also known as , was a famous samurai and ninja of the Sengoku era, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.〔Masaaki Hatsumi, ''Essence of Ninjutsu: The Nine Traditions'' (1988), p. 178〕〔Jason Glaser, Don Roley, ''Ninja'' (2006), p. 26〕 Today, he is often a subject of varied portrayal in modern popular culture. ==Biography== Born the son of Hattori Yasunaga, a minor samurai in the service of the Matsudaira (later Tokugawa) clan.〔Stephen Turnbull, ''Ninja AD 1460-1650'' (2003), p. 12〕〔Joel Levy, ''Ninja: The Shadow Warrior'' (2008), p. 157-158〕 He would later earn the nickname 〔 because of the fearless tactics he displayed in his operations; this is to distinguish him from Watanabe Hanzo (Watanabe Moritsuna), who is nicknamed .〔Stephen K. Hayes, ''The Mystic Arts of the Ninja'' (1985)〕 Though Hanzō was born and raised in Mikawa Province (now part of Aichi Prefecture), he often returned to Iga Province, home of the Hattori family. He fought his first battle at the age of 16 (a night-time attack on Udo Castle〔)〔 made a successful hostage rescue of Tokagawa's daughters in Kaminogō Castle in 1562 and went on to lay siege to Kakegawa Castle in 1569. He served with distinction at the battles of Anegawa (1570) and Mikatagahara (1572).〔 During the Tenshō Iga War he planned a brilliant defence of the ninja homeland in Iga province in 1579 against Oda Nobukatsu the second son of Oda Nobunaga and fought a valiant but ultimately a hopeless effort to prevent the Iga province from being eliminated by forces under the personal command of Nobunaga himself in 1581. His most valuable contribution came in 1582 following Oda Nobunaga's death, when he led the future shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu to safety in Mikawa Province across Iga territory with the help of remnants of the local Iga ninja clans〔〔Andrew Adams, ''Ninja: The Invisible Assassins'' (1970), p. 43〕〔Stephen Turnbull, ''Warriors of Medieval Japan'' (2007), p. 151〕 as well as their one-time rivals in Koga.〔Stephen K. Hayes, ''The Ninja and Their Secret Fighting Art'' (1990), p. 30〕〔Haha Lung, ''Ninja Shadowhand, The Art of Invisibility'' (2004), p. 50〕 According to some sources, Hanzō also helped in rescuing the captured family of Ieyasu.〔Hiromitsu Kuroi, ''More Secrets of the Ninja: Their Training, Tools and Techniques'' (2009), p. 94〕 Hanzō was known as an expert tactician and a master of spear fighting. Historical sources say he lived the last several years of his life as a monk under the name "Sainen" and built the temple Sainenji, which was named after him and mainly built to commemorate Tokugawa Ieyasu's elder son, Nobuyasu. Nobuyasu was accused of treason and conspiracy by Oda Nobunaga and was then ordered to commit seppuku by his father, Ieyasu. Hanzo was called in to act as the official second to end Nobuyasu's suffering, but he refused to take the sword on the blood of his own lord. Ieyasu valued his loyalty after hearing of Hanzo's ordeal and said, "Even a demon can shed tears."〔Thomas Louis, Tommy Ito, ''Samurai: The Code of the Warrior'' (2008), p. 112〕〔Arthur Lindsay Sadler, ''The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu'', C. E. Tuttle Co., 1978〕 Tales of his exploits often attributed various supernatural abilities, such as disappearing and appearing elsewhere, psychokinesis, and precognition,〔 and these attributions contribute to his continued prominence in popular culture. He died at the age of 55.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hattori Hanzō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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