EDO - Hanzomon gate

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Hattori Hanzo 服部半蔵, the famous Ninja
1541 - 1596　from Iga
Also known as Masashige. The son of a certain Hattori Yasunaga, Hanzo, who would earn the nickname 'Devil Hanzo', served Tokugawa Ieyasu loyally and usefully.



. Hattori Hanzō 服部半蔵 Hattori Hanzo - reference


. Hanagaki Jinja 花垣神社 .
Yono, Mie prefecture
The God in the Hanagaki-jinja shrine was the god of the Hattori family. Hattori Hanzo Masanari,



The Hanzomon 半蔵門 Gate of Edo castle is named after him.
. mon 門 the 36 gates of Edo castle .

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. Matsuyama Haiku Ninja 俳句ニンジャ .