Japanese · No. 033
Ushiwakamaru, Pupil of the Tengu
Real myth
He learned swordsmanship from the tengu of Mount Kurama. He leaps like them.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 2300
- DEF
- 1800
- Level
- 7
- Type
- Warrior
- Element
- Wind
- Constellations
- Feather · Hammer
The myth
Ushiwakamaru was the childhood name of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, one of Japan's best-loved heroes. Son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, who was defeated by the Taira, he was spared as a baby and sent to the temple of Kurama near Kyoto to become a monk. In legend he refused that fate: at night, in the Sōjōgadani valley, he learned swordsmanship and strategy from the tengu and their king, Sōjōbō. As a youth he fled north, and later became the brilliant general who defeated the Taira in the Genpei War. The young man's supernatural agility is credited to this training with the mountain spirits.
Why it has this power
A Rare level-7 Wind Warrior with 2300 ATK and 1800 DEF, fusion only: a Karasu-tengu Scout with any Warrior, the pupil joined to his masters. Wind and Feather are the leaps he learned from the tengu; Hammer, the sword. Fused with Benkei, he forms the epic legend of Gojō Bridge.
Did you know
By Kurama-dera tradition, Ushiwakamaru entered the temple at about seven and left at about sixteen, bound for Hiraizumi.
Connections
- Born from the fusion of: Karasu-tengu Scout + Warrior
- Fuses into: + Benkei, the Warrior Monk → Benkei and Yoshitsune at Gojō Bridge
Where to get it
- Born from the fusion of: Karasu-tengu Scout + Warrior
- It never joins the collection: you summon it mid-duel, by fusion or ritual.
Sources
- Kurama-dera: history (鞍馬寺の歴史) — Kurama-dera
- Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories (Project Gutenberg) — Yei Theodora Ozaki
- Minamoto Clan — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright