Kintarō
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/64529
- Name (English)
- Kintarō
- Short name
- Kintarō
- Year of birth
- 955
- Year of death
- 1012
- Short Description
- "Kintarō (金太郎, often translated as "Golden Boy") 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 Sakata no Kintoki (坂田 金時). 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- pxl
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