Fujiwara no Hidesato

Fujiwara no Hidesato (藤原 秀郷) was a Japanese aristocrat, courtier, folk hero and samurai lord of the tenth century in the Heian period.

Hidesato meets the Dragon King and is showered with rewards, which included an inexhaustible rice-sack (tawara [ja]), from which he allegedly earned his nickname.

The monogatari texts have been copied and printed profusely in picture scrolls and illustrated books throughout the Edo Period.

[5][4] The Ise Shrine's Jingū Chōkokan Museum [ja] houses two swords that allegedly once belonged to Hidesato.

[b][10] There is also another "tweezer" type sword alleged to have belonged to Hidesato held in Chikubu Island, the Kenukigata tachi (Hōgon-ji) [ja].

Fujiwara no Hidesato depicted in an 1890 print by Yoshitoshi