The Four Heavenly Kings of Oda Nobunaga

...Volume 3 of the "Jikkunsho" lists Minamoto no Yorinobu, Fujiwara no Yasumasa, Taira no Korehira, and Taira no Michiyori as the four heavenly kings of military commanders, while Volume 9 of the "Tale of the Heike" and other books list Imai Kanehira, Higuchi Kanemitsu, Nei Mitsuchika, and Tate Chikatada as the four heavenly kings of Kiso Yoshinaka, and Volume 48 of the "Genpei Seisuiki" lists Sato Tsugunobu, Shinozuka Iga no Kami, Hata Tokinobu, and Yura Tomoshige as the four heavenly kings of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Others include Kuriyu Akitomo, Shinozuka Iga no Kami, Hata Tokinobu, and Yura Tomoshige as the four heavenly kings of Nitta Yoshisada, Shibata Katsuie, Takigawa Kazumasu, Niwa Nagahide, and Akechi Mitsuhide as the four heavenly kings of Oda Nobunaga, Sakai Tadatsugu, Ii Naomasa, Honda Tadakatsu, and Sakakibara Yasumasa as the four heavenly kings of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Kimura Shigenari, Sanada Yukimura, Chosokabe Morichika, and Goto Mototsugu as the four heavenly kings of Toyotomi Hideyori. In the arts, there are the four heavenly kings of waka poetry (Ton'a, Kenko, Jōben, and Keiun), the four heavenly kings of archery and horse riding, and the four heavenly kings of the tea ceremony.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Oda Nobunaga's Four Heavenly Kings" is listed below.

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…《十訓抄》巻三には武将の四天王として源頼信，藤原保昌，平維衡，平致頼をあげ，《平家物語》巻九などに木曾義仲の四天王として今井兼平，樋口兼光，根井光親，楯親忠が見え，《源平盛衰記》巻四十八に源義経の四天王として佐藤継信，同忠信，鎌田盛政，同光政が見える。他に新田義貞の四天王として栗生顕友，篠塚伊賀守，畑時能，由良具滋，織田信長の四天王として柴田勝家，滝川一益，丹羽長秀，明智光秀，徳川家康の四天王として酒井忠次，井伊直政，本多忠勝，榊原康政，豊臣秀頼の四天王として木村重成，真田幸村，長宗我部盛親，後藤基次などがある。芸道では和歌の四天王(頓阿，兼好，浄弁，慶運)，弓馬の四天王，茶道の四天王などがある。…

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