Jutaro Iwami

Date of birth and death unknown. A hero of the Momoyama period. The son of Iwami Jubei, a retainer of the Kobayakawa family of Chikuzen (Fukuoka Prefecture), he served the Toyotomi family after killing his father's enemy, Hirose Gunzo, and was killed in battle during the Summer Siege of Osaka in 1615 (Genwa 1). There is a theory that he is the same as Susukida Hayato Kanesuke, who gained fame in the same battle, but this is not reliable. In storytelling and reading books (such as "Iwami Hero Records"), he travels around the country as a warrior, fighting off baboons and bandits until he takes revenge at Amanohashidate, and is also depicted in kabuki.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

生没年不詳。桃山時代の豪傑。筑前(ちくぜん)（福岡県）小早川(こばやかわ)家の臣岩見重兵衛の子で、父の敵(かたき)広瀬軍蔵を討ったのち豊臣(とよとみ)家に仕え、1615年（元和1）の大坂夏の陣で討ち死にしたという。同じ戦で勇名を得た薄田隼人兼相(すすきだはやとかねすけ)と同一視する説もあるが信用はできない。講談や読本(よみほん)（『岩見英雄録』など）には、天橋立(あまのはしだて)で仇討(あだうち)をするまで諸国を武者修行し、ヒヒや山賊を退治する豪傑として活躍、歌舞伎(かぶき)にも扱われている。

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