Nitta Shirō Tadatsune Entering a Cave with a Torch by Yoshitoshi
Born
1167
Died
October 12, 1203 (aged 37)
Nationality
Japanese
Other names
Shirō
Occupation
samurai lord
Nitta Tadatsune (仁田 忠常, 1167 – October 12, 1203) was a Japanese samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He served as a close retainer to shoguns Minamoto no Yoritomo and Yoriie. He is known for killing Soga Sukenari during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. In The Tale of the Heike he is called Nitan no Tadatsune. He is also called Shirō, his azana.
NittaTadatsune (仁田 忠常, 1167 – October 12, 1203) was a Japanese samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura...
Suketsune. The brothers managed to kill 10 other participants until NittaTadatsune killed Sukenari. Then, Tokimune raided Yoritomo's mansion attempting...
Uda Gorō was killed by the brothers, and Sukenari was killed by Nitta Shirō Tadatsune. After Sukenari was killed, Tokimune set off to find the shogun...
Year Series Role Notes Source 1979 Kusa Moeru NittaTadatsune Taiga drama 1981 Onna Taikōki Maeda Toshinaga Taiga drama 1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu Ōkubo Tadakazu...
as Inage Shigenari, Aki's husband Hiroyuki Takagishi (Timon D) as NittaTadatsune Kizuki as Tsurumaru (later known as Taira no Moritsuna) Haruto Satō...
After this, NittaTadatsune attacked Sukenari and the two began fighting. According to Soga Monogatari, Sukenari managed to cut Tadatsune's forearm and...
that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa. Serata (Nitta) Arichika, a samurai of the...
battle, the elder brother Sukenari was shot by Yūsuke's subordinate NittaTadatsune. The younger brother Tokimune killed all the samurai one by one who...
disturbance of the Northern and Southern Courts, Watari Tadakage fought for Nitta Yoshisada of the Southern Court, and changed his name to 'Torii'. Loyal...
so many that the number of victims is unknown. During the fighting, NittaTadatsune killed Sukenari. According to Soga Monogatari, as his last words, Sukenari...
Yoriie ordered the assassination of Tokimasa to Wada Yoshimori and NittaTadatsune. However, Yoriie was forced to become a Buddhist monk and was confined...
same year, an incident occurred within the Shimazu clan, where Shimazu Tadatsune, the third son of Shimazu Yoshihiro and heir to the main Shimazu family...
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