The appearance of MINAMOTO no Kuro Yoshitsune in documented history lasts only nine years from his first encounter with Yoritomo at Kise-gawa River when he was 22 years old until his suicide at his 31 years of age, and the first half of his life is shadowy, lacking reliable historical materials.
源九朗義経が確かな歴史に現れるのは、黄瀬川で頼朝と対面した22歳から31歳で自害するわずか9年間であり、その前半生は史料と呼べる記録はなく、謎に包まれている。