Ōtomo no Satehiko

Sadehiko was the son of Ōtomo no Kanamura.[1] He twice led forces against the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, first in 537 CE (some sources claim 536) and later in 562.[2][3][4] A legend regarding his first campaign tells of how his wife, Matsura Sayohime, climbed to the hills above Hizen and prayed with such intensity for his safe return that she was turned into stone.[5]

Ōtomo no Satehiko, drawn by Kikuchi Yōsai

Ōtomo no Satehiko (大伴挾手彦) was a Japanese general.

References
  1. Robert Karl Reischauer; Jean Reischauer; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (1967). Early Japanese history, c. 40 B.C.-A.D. 1167. P. Smith. p. 133.
  2. Edwin A. Cranston. The Gem-Glistening Cup. Stanford University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8047-3157-7.
  3. Oda, Fujio. "Re-examination of the Okinoshima Ritual Sites. Part III" (PDF). Fukuoka University. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. Griffis, William Elliot (1894). Corea: The Hermit Nation (PDF). Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  5. Pfoundes, C. "The Loving Wife". The Folk-Lore Record. 1: 131. JSTOR 1252349.


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