Who Is Satō Tsuginobu?
The elder brother who shielded Yoshitsune at Yashima
Satō Saburōbyōe Tsuginobu
Satō Tsuginobu is the elder of the two warrior brothers from Ōshū whom Fujiwara no Hidehira sent to serve Yoshitsune, and the older brother of Satō Tadanobu.
He follows Yoshitsune out of Hiraizumi and fights in the battles against the Taira. At the Battle of Yashima he shields his lord Yoshitsune, is struck by an enemy arrow, and dies. His death is told mainly in The Tale of the Heike.
Together with his younger brother Tadanobu, who later took Yoshitsune's place at Yoshino, the Satō brothers are remembered as loyal retainers who gave their lives for Yoshitsune.
Episodes featuring this character3
NEWEpisode 6
Each Win Pushed His Brother Further AwayThe Reunion at Kisegawa and the Koshigoe Letter
When Yoshitsune hears his brother Yoritomo has risen against the Heike, he rushes to join him, and the two brothers, meeting for the first time, weep together. But after winning battle after battle and wiping out the Heike, Yoshitsune finds the road to his brother barred.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 9
The Yoshitsune They Faced Wasn't HimMount Yoshino (Shizuka's Parting and Sato Tadanobu)
On snowbound Mount Yoshino, Yoshitsune decides to send Shizuka back to the capital to save her from the warrior monks hunting him. But the escorts she trusted abandon her in the snow, while on the same mountain Satō Tadanobu dons his lord's armor and name, and makes a lone stand among the cedars.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 10
The Woman He Trusted Sold Him OutSato Tadanobu: The Siege at Horikawa
On snowy Yoshino, Tadanobu posed as his lord to cover his escape and survived. In Kyoto he turns to a woman he once loved, but she betrays him and a huge force surrounds him. Holed up in his lord's old Horikawa mansion, Tadanobu chooses to die the way his brother Tsuginobu did at Yashima.
19 pages