Satō Tadanobu | |
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佐藤 忠信 | |
![]() Satō Tadanobu from Kikuchi Yōsai's Zenken Kojitsu (前賢故実) | |
Born | 1161 |
Died | November 1186 (aged 24–25) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Shirō, 四郎兵衛尉 |
Satō Tadanobu (佐藤 忠信) was a Japanese samurai of the late-Heian Period, and was one of the followers of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. According to the Genpei Jōsuiki, he was one of the Yoshitsune Shitennō (義経 四天王, literally "Yoshitsune's Four Heavenly Kings"), along with Kamata Morimasa, Kamata Mitsumasa, and Satō Tsugunobu. He was the younger brother of Tsugunobu, and their father was the Ōshū Fujiwara retainer Satō Motoharu.