Editing Ishikawa Goemon (section)

{{Short description|Japanese folk hero}}
{{Distinguish|Goemon Ishikawa XIII}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Ishikawa Goemon <br> {{nobold|石川 五右衛門}}
| image       = Hinasuke Arashi II.jpg
| caption     = Goemon as played by [[kabuki]] actor Hinasuke Arashi II (an 1863 painting by [[Toyokuni III]])
| birth_name  = 
| birth_date  = August 24, 1558
| birth_place = 
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1594|10|8|1558|8|24}} 
| death_place = [[Nanzen-ji]], [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]]
| death_cause       = [[Execution]] by [[Death by boiling|boiling]]
| nationality = Japanese
| other_names = 
| known_for   = 
| occupation  = Thief
}}
{{nihongo|'''Ishikawa Goemon'''|石川 五右衛門|Ishikawa Goemon|{{IPA|ja|i.ɕi̥.ka.wa (<nowiki>|</nowiki>) ɡo.e.moɴ}},<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=[[Sanseidō]]|date=10 March 2025|lang=ja}}</ref> August 24, 1558 &ndash; October 8, 1594}} was the leader of a group of bandits during the [[Azuchi–Momoyama period|Azuchi-Momoyama period]] in Japan. Over time, and especially during the [[Edo period]] (1603-1867), his life and deeds became a center of attention, and he became known as a legendary Japanese [[outlaw]] [[hero]] who stole gold and other valuables to give to the poor.<ref>Boye Lafayette De Mente, ''Everything Japanese'', McGraw-Hill, 1989 (p. 140)</ref> 

He and his son were [[Death by boiling|boiled alive]] in public after their failed [[assassination]] attempt on the [[Sengoku period]] warlord [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. His legend lives on in contemporary [[Japanese popular culture]], often giving him greatly exaggerated [[ninja]] skills.