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[[Image:伊賀越仇討ち.jpg|thumb|right|400px|An ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' woodblock print triptych depicting Araki Mataemon at the duel.]]
*[[Watanabe Kazuma]] vs [[Kawai Matagoro|Kawai Matagorô]]
**''Date: [[1634]]/11/7''
**''Location: Iga Ueno''

In [[1630]], Kawai Matagorô killed Watanabe Kazuma's brother in [[Okayama han|Okayama]]. Matagorô's father let Matagorô go off to [[Edo]] and had the ''[[hatamoto]]'' [[Ando Jiemon|Andô Jiemon]] and [[Kuze Sanshiro|Kuze Sanshirô]] hide him. [[Ikeda Tadao]], Lord of Okayama, demanded he be handed over but they refused. Thus, a conflict emerged Okayama han and the ''hatamoto''. When Tadao died, his will asked for the defeat of Matagorô. Finally, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] ordered the ''hatamoto'' to release Matagorô, who was then hidden by his uncle in [[Nara]] for a while. When he tried to return to Edo, however, he was ambushed at Iga-Ueno. Matagorô was with 10 guards and Kazuma had ''[[Sukedachi]]'' [[Araki Mataemon]] and 2 of Mataemon's pupils.

After a six-hour battle, Matagorô was killed.

A ''[[ningyo joruri|bunraku]]'' and [[kabuki]] play entitled ''[[Igagoe Dochu Sugoroku|Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku]]'' was written based on these events; the story was later adapted several times to film and television.