Sandanbeki Cave

Sandanbeki Cave is a cave south of Tanabe in Kii, Japan.

History

By 1582, the Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke infiltrated the cave after learning of that the Winter Raiders' leader Jinbei being stationed there. Inside, they confronted the leader and assassinated him, acquiring the kanabō Pupil's Promise from his personal effects. They also discovered that Jinbei and his group were ultimately exiled by the Gobō's elder despite them being their former protectors.^[1] While there, Naoe and Yasuke also recovered a particular flower vase for Niwa Nagahide's collection.^[2]