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==Fictionalization and Popular Culture==
==Fictionalization and Popular Culture==
[[Image:Torii Kiyomasu - Ichikawa Danjuro I in role of Takenuki Goro.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] as Soga Gorô, in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] (1697-1722).]]
The Soga Brothers story was first related in the ''[[Azuma kagami]]'', first compiled after [[1266]]; texts known by the name "Soga Monogatari" came sometime afterwards, along with ''kôwaka mai'' (medieval ballad-dramas), and later Noh plays, and, in the 17th century, kabuki plays.
The Soga Brothers story was first related in the ''[[Azuma kagami]]'', first compiled after [[1266]]; texts known by the name "Soga Monogatari" came sometime afterwards, along with ''kôwaka mai'' (medieval ballad-dramas), and later Noh plays, and, in the 17th century, kabuki plays.
Soga Gorô came to be a role strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line, and most especially with , seen here in a [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] in that role.
Soga Gorô came to be a role strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line, and most especially with , seen here in a [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] in that role.
