Criminal
09-17-2007, 12:13 AM
Ishikawa Goemon
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Some non Japanese people seems to think Goemon is a SAMURAI or NINJA, But this might not be true.
Some materials say he was a samurai whose name was Sanada Kuranoshin. He quited a samurai then became a thief at Kyoto, as Ishikawa Goemon. Also other story that he was a samurai exists. His father was a cheaf retainer of small area's ruler. But he was killed by the trick of assassin from the king(Needless to say the king's name was Hideyoshi). In addtion, there's a legend that he was a ninja. According to some materials, he was born in Iga. You know, Iga is the most famous district as a ninja's one. At that time he was a pupil of great ninja. But he was banished bacause of intrigue to Kyoto.
http://store.piratesversusninjas.net/ishikawagoemon.html
Disreputable and unclaimed, Goemon was a ninja who used his ninja powers for stealing. Although he is said to have shared his looted wealth with the peasants who needed it, none of the ninja families would call him one of their own. He comes from unknown origins, but it is widely thought that he was a genin agent (one of the lowest ranks of ninja) of the Iga Ryu ninjutsu. Goemon’s name doesn’t appear in the written records of the Iga Ryu ninjutsu.
By some accounts, Goemon was born as Sanada Kuranoshin. He was a shiftless youth and during his first robbery he killed a man. Unable to turn back to a life of lawfulness, he instead changed his name to Ishikawa Goemon and became a highwayman. Eventually he found himself raiding the row houses in Kyoto and robbing people for their gold and silver.
There is a tale of Goemon that says he was assigned to train as a ninja in his early life. After some training he found himself in the presence of the ninja manual. Unable to control his selfish desires, he stole the book and taught himself all the forbidden ninja ways. He then took to a life of masterful crime.
His most legendary tale was his attempted assassination of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan. After hiding for hours near the main gate of the Nanzen-ji Temple in Kyoto, Goemon was able to infiltrate Hideyoshi’s stronghold, Fushimi castle, by killing a few guards and slipping silently around others. As Goemon approached the sleeping warlord, he accidentally knocked a bell off a table, sending the nearby samurai to interfere with his plans. When captured, Goemon confronted Hideyoshi by exclaiming “It is you who are the robber who stole the whole country!”
http://www.kabuki21.com/lib7/k706.jpg
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS240&q=music
Some non Japanese people seems to think Goemon is a SAMURAI or NINJA, But this might not be true.
Some materials say he was a samurai whose name was Sanada Kuranoshin. He quited a samurai then became a thief at Kyoto, as Ishikawa Goemon. Also other story that he was a samurai exists. His father was a cheaf retainer of small area's ruler. But he was killed by the trick of assassin from the king(Needless to say the king's name was Hideyoshi). In addtion, there's a legend that he was a ninja. According to some materials, he was born in Iga. You know, Iga is the most famous district as a ninja's one. At that time he was a pupil of great ninja. But he was banished bacause of intrigue to Kyoto.
http://store.piratesversusninjas.net/ishikawagoemon.html
Disreputable and unclaimed, Goemon was a ninja who used his ninja powers for stealing. Although he is said to have shared his looted wealth with the peasants who needed it, none of the ninja families would call him one of their own. He comes from unknown origins, but it is widely thought that he was a genin agent (one of the lowest ranks of ninja) of the Iga Ryu ninjutsu. Goemon’s name doesn’t appear in the written records of the Iga Ryu ninjutsu.
By some accounts, Goemon was born as Sanada Kuranoshin. He was a shiftless youth and during his first robbery he killed a man. Unable to turn back to a life of lawfulness, he instead changed his name to Ishikawa Goemon and became a highwayman. Eventually he found himself raiding the row houses in Kyoto and robbing people for their gold and silver.
There is a tale of Goemon that says he was assigned to train as a ninja in his early life. After some training he found himself in the presence of the ninja manual. Unable to control his selfish desires, he stole the book and taught himself all the forbidden ninja ways. He then took to a life of masterful crime.
His most legendary tale was his attempted assassination of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan. After hiding for hours near the main gate of the Nanzen-ji Temple in Kyoto, Goemon was able to infiltrate Hideyoshi’s stronghold, Fushimi castle, by killing a few guards and slipping silently around others. As Goemon approached the sleeping warlord, he accidentally knocked a bell off a table, sending the nearby samurai to interfere with his plans. When captured, Goemon confronted Hideyoshi by exclaiming “It is you who are the robber who stole the whole country!”
http://www.kabuki21.com/lib7/k706.jpg