Editing Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (section)

==Death, memorial and legends==
[[File:Kuniyoshi Tsuchiyama.jpg|thumb|''The 53 stations of the Tōkaidō in pairs'' by [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]] depicting, from the left, the demon of Mount Suzuka, Suzuka Gozen and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro led by her to kill the demon Otakemaru.]]
In the year 811 (''[[Kōnin]] 2, 3rd month''), Tamuramaro died at age 54, to the great regret of Emperor Saga, who expressed his sense of loss by distributing large quantities of silk cloth, cotton cloth and rice in honour of his dead counsellor. His bow, arrows, quiver and sword were placed in his coffin by order of the Emperor.<ref name="Titsingh, p. 99">Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', p. 99.]</ref>

The Tomb of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro is located in Kanshuji Higashikurisunocho, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto, Japan. He is not the samurai buried at Shōgun-zuka as that was a ceremonial statue of a warrior buried by Emperor Kanmu when he decided to move the capital to Heian-kyo, present day Kyoto.{{cn|date=June 2020}} His descendant [[Urabe no Suetake]] inherited his bow. 

After his death, Tamuramaro became a legendary figure featured in many stories. In these legends, Tamuramaro is not always a warrior who wages war against barbarians, but a hero who exterminates ''[[oni]]'' and bandits in various areas. According to legend, [[Ootakemaru]], one of the Great Three Evil Yokai of Japan, was slain by Tamuramaro. Other stories connect him to [[Suzuka Gozen]], whom he marries and/or slays.{{cn|date=May 2024}} He had a daughter with her named {{illm|Shourin|ja|小りん}}. According to the Otogi-zoshi, Shourin is said to have become the guardian deity of the Suzuka Mountains, while in the Okujoruri, it is said she ascended to the level of the [[Jizō]] Bodhisattva after her death. He had the swords named {{illm|Sohaya no Tsurugi|ja|ソハヤノツルギ}} and {{illm|Sanmyo no Ken|ja|三明の剣}}. He was blessed by Senju [[Kannon]] and [[Takeminakata]].