ACH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mount Ashigara, Kamen Rider Den-O, Gin Tama

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Arts, Culture and Humanities
• Course: ACH 102
• Professor: Ruth

Document Summary

Kintar ( ?, often translated as "golden boy") is a folk hero from japanese folklore. In one, he was raised by his mother, princess yaegiri, daughter of a wealthy man named shiman-ch ja, in the village of jizodo, near mount kintoki. In a competing legend, his mother gave birth to him in what is now sakata. She was forced to flee, however, due to fighting between her husband, a samurai named sakata, and his uncle. She finally settled in the forests of mount kintoki to raise her son. In the most fanciful version of the tale, yama-uba was kintar "s mother, impregnated by a clap of thunder sent from a red dragon of mount ashigara. The legends agree that even as a toddler, kintar was active and indefatigable, plump and ruddy, wearing only a bib with the kanji for "gold" ( ) on it. His only other accoutrement was a hatchet (ono and masakari).