He is the subject of the Shinobi no Mono novels and film series, starring Ichikawa Raiz VIII as Goemon in the first three installments.

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His legend lives on in contemporary Japanese popular culture, often giving him greatly exaggerated ninja skills.

In his first appearance in the historical annals, in the 1642 biography of Hideyoshi, Goemon was referred to simply as a thief.

As his legend became popular, various anti- authoritarian exploits were attributed to him, including a supposed assassination attempt against the Oda clan warlord Oda Nobunaga.

According to one of them, he was born as Sanada Kuranoshin in 1558 to a samurai family in service of the powerful Miyoshi clan in Iga Province.

In 1573, when his father (possibly Ishikawa Akashi 4 ) was killed by the men of Ashikaga shogunate (in some versions his mother was also killed), the 15-year-old Sanada swore revenge and began training the arts of Iga ninjutsu under Momochi Sandayu (Momochi Tamba).

He was however forced to flee when his master discovered Sanadas romance with one of his mistresses (but not before stealing a prized sword from his teacher).

Some other sources state his name as Gorokizu ( ) and say he came from Kawachi Province and was not a nukenin (runaway ninja) at all.

He then moved to the neighbouring Kansai region, where he formed and led a band of thieves and bandits as Ishikawa Goemon, robbing the rich feudal lords, merchants and clerics, and sharing the loot with the oppressed peasants.

According to another version, which also attributed a failed poisoning attempt on Nobunagas life to Goemon, he was forced to become a robber when the ninja networks were broken up.

He sneaked into Fushimi Castle and entered Hideyoshis room but knocked a bell off a table.

He was sentenced to death by being boiled alive in an iron cauldron along with his very young son, but was able to save his son by holding him above his head.

When he entered Hideyoshis room, he was detected by a mystical incense burner.

He was executed on October 8 along with his whole family by being boiled alive.

Before he died, Goemon wrote a famous farewell poem, saying that no matter what, thieves would always exist.

A tombstone dedicated to him is located in Daiunin temple in Kyoto.

A large iron kettle-shaped bathtub is now called a goemonburo (Goemon bath).

The only one still in performance today is Kinmon Gosan no Kiri ( The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest ), a five-act play written by Namiki Gohei in 1778.

The most famous act is Sanmon Gosan no Kiri 15 (The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest) in which Goemon is first seen sitting on top of the Sanmon gate at Nanzen-ji.

He is smoking an oversized silver pipe called a kiseru and exclaims The spring view is worth a thousand gold pieces, or so they say, but tis too little, too little.

Goemon soon learns that his father, a Chinese man named S Sokei, was killed by Mashiba Hisayoshi (a popular kabuki alias for Hideyoshi) and he sets off to avenge his fathers death.

He also appears in some versions of the famous Tale of the Forty-Seven Rnin.

In 1992, Goemon appeared in the kabuki series of Japanese postage stamps.

He has been portrayed in literature, film, manga, anime, video games, and in other media.

He and his execution are mentioned in Ozus silent film A Story of Floating Weeds.

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