Kaneko no Ietada

Kaneko no Ietada (1138–1216) was a Musashi Province samurai of the Murayama band, son of Kaneko no Ienori. At nineteen he won his first fame in the Hōgen Disturbance of 1156, serving Minamoto no Yoshitomo and killing the famed Takama brothers in single combat, a feat celebrated in the Hōgen Monogatari.

In 1180 he fought for the Taira at Kinugasa Castle, holding his ground after taking twenty-one arrows before another under the jaw forced his retreat. He then submitted to Minamoto no Yoritomo and joined the chase of the Taira, and was made steward of estates in three provinces.