Case file · Folklore / legend
Sōjōbō and the young Yoshitsune
The Gikeiki (14th century) and later plays tell that the boy Ushiwakamaru, later the general Minamoto no Yoshitsune, learned swordsmanship from the tengu king Sōjōbō in the valleys of Mount Kurama.
1350 CE · 35.12, 135.77 · status: legend
The account
Tengu were mountain goblins tied to ascetic yamabushi. The valley called Sōjōbō-dani at Kurama is still shown as the training ground.