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<div>{{Short description|Japanese folktale heroine}}<br />
{{about|Tsunade, the friend of the folk ninja Jiraiya|the Tsunade featured in Naruto|Tsunade (Naruto)}}<br />
[[File:Tsunade, Orochimaru and Jiraiya.jpg|thumb|Actors Bandô Takesaburô I as Tsunade (L), Arashi Kichisaburô III as Orochimaru (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Jiraiya (R)]]<br />
'''Tsunade''' ({{lang|ja|綱手}}), featured in the Japanese [[folklore|folktale]] {{nihongo||児雷也豪傑物語|[[Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari]]|"The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya"}}, was a young maiden who married [[Jiraiya]] and helped him defeat [[Orochimaru]]. She mastered [[slug]] magic and could walk on water.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Elliot Griffis |first=William |title=Japanese Fairy World: Stories From the Wonder-lore of Japan |publisher=Daily union Steam Printing House |year=1880 |pages=126–140}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lanka |first=Logen |date=2016-09-02 |title=The Tale of The Gallant Jiraiya (Original Folklore) - from Edo Period |url=https://www.wayofninja.com/jiraiya-folklore/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Way Of Ninja |language=en-US}}</ref>{{sps|date=July 2024|certain=y}}<br />
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== Influences on fiction ==<br />
In the [[manga]] and [[anime]] series ''[[Naruto]]'', characters named [[Tsunade (Naruto)|Tsunade]], [[Jiraiya (Naruto)|Jiraiya]], and [[Orochimaru (Naruto)|Orochimaru]] appear as three legendary ninja known as the ''Densetsu no Sannin'' (伝説の三忍).<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010713081853/http://www.kiseido.com/printss/ji.html The Gallant Jiraiya]<br />
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