Sanada Ten Braves

The Sanada Ten Braves (真田十勇士, Sanada Jūyūshi^?, also known as the Ten Heroes of Sanada) are a legendary group of ninja that assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura during the Warring States era of Japan; that is, the late Sengoku period and its immediate aftermath, also known as the Azuchi–Momoyama and the early Edo periods.

The story was originally written by Sanada Sandaiki in a novel published in the Edo period. Later Tatsukawa Bunko published two novels in the Taishō period Sarutobi Sasuke and The Sanada Ten Braves.

Of the Ten, Sarutobi Sasuke and Kirigakure Saizō are the only two that appear frequently in popular depiction. Outside of works that specifically deal with the Ten Braves, appearance of all ten members is relatively rare, and even then some members are frequently more-or-less generic filler characters.

Sometimes modern day depictions have their genders change as well. In Tai Kato's 1963 jidaigeki musical film, Brave Records of the Sanada Clan, Kirigakure is a woman. There are hints that say Anayama Kosuke could be a female, and Miyoshi brothers were nyuudou (入道) monks.

Sanada Ten Braves (真田十勇士) is a Japanese role-playing game released for the Famicom in 1988.

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