History UsefulNotes / IshikawaGoemon

Ishikawa Goemon is a HistoricalDomainCharacter from UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, specifically the UsefulNotes/SengokuJidai. This {{outlaw}} character is considered the Japanese equivalent of RobinHood, and his story is still featured in KabukiTheatre.

* ''LightNovel/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'' has Hachisuka Goemon, who is a CompositeCharacter of several people, including Ishikawa.

This legendary rogue is ShroudedInMyth and has become a Japanese FolkHero. He is often given exaggerated {{ninja}} skills. His attempt to assassinate UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi has given rise to speculation for his reason (some say Hideyoshi [[ItsPersonal had his wife killed]], others that he wanted [[JusticeWillPrevail to stop a tyrant]]), but was caught when he accidentally knocked off a bell. Ishikawa was [[CookedToDeath boiled alive in a iron kettle]] [[KickTheDog along with his son]]. With the last of his strength, [[PapaWolf Ishikawa]] held his child out of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg/220px-Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg the kettle]] ([[ShootTheDog and afterward plunged him into it to kill him quickly]]). This story has given rise to the nickname of "Goemon bath" (goemonburo) for the large iron kettle-shaped bathtubs common in Japan, as mentioned in DrumBathing.

This legendary rogue is ShroudedInMyth and has become a Japanese FolkHero. He is often given exaggerated {{ninja}} skills. His attempt to assassinate UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi has given rise to speculation for his reason (some say Hideyoshi [[ItsPersonal had his wife killed]], others that he wanted [[JusticeWillPrevail to stop a tyrant]]), but was caught when he accidentally knocked off a bell. Ishikawa was [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath boiled alive in a iron kettle]] [[KickTheDog along with his son]]. With the last of his strength, [[PapaWolf Ishikawa]] held his child out of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg/220px-Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg the kettle]] ([[ShootTheDog and afterward plunged him into it to kill him quickly]]). This story has given rise to the nickname of "Goemon bath" (goemonburo) for the large iron kettle-shaped bathtubs common in Japan, as mentioned in DrumBathing.

* The ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' spinoff ''Manga/GreatTransporterRyuji'' has a girl named Mimon Ishikawa, who claims to be Goemon's descendant, and a professional thief like him.

This legendary rogue is ShroudedInMyth and has become a Japanese FolkHero. He is often given exaggerated {{ninja}} skills. His attempt to assassinate UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi has given rise to speculation for his reason (some say Hideyoshi [[ItsPersonal had his wife killed]], others that he wanted [[JusticeWillPrevail to stop a tyrant]]), but was caught when he accidentally knocked off a bell. Ishikawa was [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath boiled alive in a iron kettle]] [[KickTheDog along with his son]]. With the last of his strength, [[PapaWolf Ishikawa]] held his child out of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg/220px-Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg the kettle]] ([[ShootTheDog and afterward plunged him into it to kill him quickly]]). This story has given rise to the nickname of "Goemon bath" (goemonburo) for the large iron kettle-shaped bathtubs common in Japan.