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== In folklore ==
== In folklore ==


''[[Sarutobi]]'', meaning 'monkey jump',<ref>[http://wayofninja.com/2009/12/sarutobi-sasuke-one-of-the-legendary-ten/ Sarutobi Sasuke, One of The Legendary Ten | Way Of Ninja]</ref> is written with two [[kanji]]; ''saru'' (猿) is the character for 'monkey', and ''tobi'' (飛) is the character for 'jump'. He was known for his monkey-like agility and quickness,<ref>[[Donn F. Draeger]], ''Ninjutsu: The Art of Invisibility'', Tuttle Publishing, 2008 (p. 104-105)</ref> especially in trees. Many depictions portray him as having been orphaned and raised by a band of monkeys,<ref>{{jp icon}} [http://museum.umic.ueda.nagano.jp/sanada/sakuhin/juyusi_sasuke.html 真田十勇士 - 猿飛佐助]</ref> therefore giving rise to the monkey-like abilities.
''[[Sarutobi]]'', meaning 'monkey jump',<ref>[http://wayofninja.com/2009/12/sarutobi-sasuke-one-of-the-legendary-ten/ Sarutobi Sasuke, One of The Legendary Ten | Way Of Ninja]</ref> is written with two [[kanji]]; ''saru'' (猿) is the character for 'monkey', and ''tobi'' (飛) is the character for 'jump'. He was known for his monkey-like agility and quickness,<ref>[[Donn F. Draeger]], ''Ninjutsu: The Art of Invisibility'', Tuttle Publishing, 2008 (p.104-105)</ref> especially in trees. Many depictions portray him as having been orphaned and raised by a band of monkeys,<ref>{{jp icon}} [http://museum.umic.ueda.nagano.jp/sanada/sakuhin/juyusi_sasuke.html 真田十勇士 - 猿飛佐助]</ref> therefore giving rise to the monkey-like abilities.


Sasuke is commonly listed as the member/leader [[Sanada Ten Braves]], a legendary group of ten ninja that supposedly assisted the warlord [[Sanada Yukimura]] at the battles of [[Osaka Castle]] during the [[Sengoku period|Japanese civil war]], <!-- technically not "the" Sengoku period according to Wikipedia infobox classification --> and he is by far the best known and most popular among them. When appearing with [[Kirigakure Saizō]], one of his fellow Ten Braves, he is often thus contrasted with his best friend/arch-rival, who usually has an elegant, or at least clean-cut, appearance and magic-like ability. Sasuke is generally said to be a [[Kōga-ryū|Kōga]] ninja, whereas Saizō is an [[Iga-ryū|Iga]] ninja. As such, when the two appear together, they are almost always depicted as arch-rivals and later, after being recruited to the Sanada cause, best friends. (This rivalry parallels the Iga-Kōga rivalry and the [[Hattori Hanzō|Hattori]]-[[Fūma Kotarō|Fūma]] rivalries in [[Ninja in popular culture|ninja fiction]].) It is said he fell in battle against the forces of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Siege of Osaka]] in the summer of 1615;<ref>[http://www.docoja.com:8080/jisho/mainword?dbname=histg&mainword=Sarutobi_Sasuke Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Sarutobi Sasuke]</ref> however there is no historical record of this.<ref>[[Alain Silver]], ''The Samurai Film'', Overlook Press, 2005</ref>
Sasuke is commonly listed as the member/leader of [[Sanada Ten Braves]], a legendary group of ten ninja that supposedly assisted the warlord [[Sanada Yukimura]] at the battles of [[Osaka Castle]] during the final phases of the [[Sengoku period|Japanese civil war]], <!-- technically not "the" Sengoku period according to Wikipedia infobox classification --> and he is by far the best known and most popular among them. When appearing with [[Kirigakure Saizō]], one of his fellow Ten Braves, he is often thus contrasted with his best friend/arch-rival, who usually has an elegant, or at least clean-cut, appearance and magic-like ability. Sasuke is generally said to be a [[Kōga-ryū|Kōga]] ninja, whereas Saizō is an [[Iga-ryū|Iga]] ninja. As such, when the two appear together, they are almost always depicted as arch-rivals and later, after being recruited to the Sanada cause, best friends. (This rivalry parallels the Iga-Kōga rivalry and the [[Hattori Hanzō|Hattori]]-[[Fūma Kotarō|Fūma]] rivalries in [[Ninja in popular culture|ninja fiction]].) It is said he fell in battle against the forces of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Siege of Osaka]] in the summer of 1615;<ref>[http://www.docoja.com:8080/jisho/mainword?dbname=histg&mainword=Sarutobi_Sasuke Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Sarutobi Sasuke]</ref> however there is no historical record of this.<ref>[[Alain Silver]], ''The Samurai Film'', Overlook Press, 2005</ref>


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
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[[File:Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for the groundbreaking anime film ''[[Magic Boy (film)|Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke]]'' (1959)]]


As Sarutobi Sasuke is most likely a fictional character created for popular consumption in the first place, he could be said to exist only within [[popular culture]]. Whatever the case, his image has been very influential in ninja fiction. The character was immortalized in contemporary Japanese culture by the Tachikawa Bunko (Pocket Books) children literature between 1911 and 1925<ref>[http://vintageninja.net/?p=141 A primer on the history of “NINJA” - Vintage Ninja]</ref><ref>Joel Levy, ''Ninja: The Shadow Warrior'', Sterling Publishing Company, 2008 (p. 178)</ref> and later [[Sampei Shirato]]'s 1962 [[manga]] of the same name. Thereafter the name Sasuke became something of a default ninja [[moniker]].
As Sarutobi Sasuke is most likely a fictional character created for popular consumption in the first place, he could be said to exist only within [[popular culture]]. Whatever the case, his image has been very influential in ninja fiction, in which he is usually portrayed as a young boy. The character was immortalized in contemporary Japanese culture by the popular Tachikawa Bunko (Pocket Books) children literature between 1911 and 1925,<ref>[http://vintageninja.net/?p=141 A primer on the history of “NINJA” - Vintage Ninja]</ref><ref>Joel Levy, ''Ninja: The Shadow Warrior'', Sterling Publishing Company, 2008 (p.178)</ref> as well as in ''Sarutobi Sasuke'', one of the more famous gag [[manga]] by [[Shigeru Sugiura]] from the 1930s (followed by ''Shonen [[Jiraiya]]'' in the 1950s).<ref>[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fq20090320a1.html Manga's reach is long], ''[[The Japan Times]]'', March 20, 2009</ref>


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He is the titular character of the films such as ''[[Samurai Spy|Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke]]'' (known in the west as ''Samurai Spy''), ''Sânada Daisûke to Sarutobi Sasuke'', ''Sarutobi no Ninjutsu'' and ''Sarutobi Sasuke Senjogadake no Himatsuri'',<ref>[http://vintageninja.net/?p=3034 Shoulda known it'd end up being SASUKE - Vintage Ninja]</ref> as well as of several other movies simply named ''Sarutobi Sasuke'' in 1918, 1919, 1922, 1966 (the last one also known as ''Ninja Spy'').<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Sarutobi+Sasuke&x=0&y=0 IMDB search for the "Sarutobi Sasuke" titles]</ref> [[Toei Animation]]'s second full-length movie was ''[[Magic Boy (film)|Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke]]'', dealing with Sasuke's childhood, which was followed by a TV series. This film was also the first time when both Sasuke and [[anime]] were introduced to the western audience (in 1961 as ''Magic Boy''), although all the references to him being a ninja were removed in the English-language version. He is also the titular character of an anime series ''[[Manga Sarutobi Sasuke]]'', of the [[video game]] ''Ninja Boy Sasuke'', and of [[Sampei Shirato]]'s 1962 manga, as well as of the manga series ''I am Sarutobi!'' by the "father of the modern manga" [[Osamu Tezuka]] two years earlier.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=9719 I am Sarutobi! (manga) - Anime News Network]</ref>
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[[File:Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for the film ''[[Magic Boy (film)|Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke]]]]


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The adult Sarutobi Sasuke is a character in the anime and manga series ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'', in which he serves Sanada Yukimura as the leader of the Ten Braves - the same role he has in the manga ''BRAVE10'' and in the film ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!]]''. Sasuke also appeared in the historical anime and manga ''[[Shura no Mon]]'' (serving Sanada Tsubura), in the [[taiga drama]] series ''[[Tenchijin]]'', in the anime ''Sanada Ten Braves'' and in the film ''[[Goemon (film)|Goemon]]''. In the video games ''[[Devil Kings|Sengoku Basara]]'' and ''[[Sengoku Basara 2]]'' (and [[Sengoku Basara (anime)|the anime]] based on them), he is portrayed as a laid-back but cunning ninja, aiding Yukimura.<ref>[http://sengokubasara.wikia.com/wiki/Sarutobi_Sasuke Sarutobi Sasuke - Sengoku BASARA Wiki]</ref> In the film ''Shogun Assassins'' (''Sanada Yukimura no Bouryaku'') Sasuke is even treated as an literal, [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphized]] monkey ninja.<ref>[http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-samuraispy.html Wild Realm Reviews: Samurai Spy]</ref> In the [[Super Sentai]] series ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'', the main character [[Kakurangers#Sasuke|Sasuke]] is a direct descendant of Sarutobi Sasuke, as it is in the case of Ecchan in the manga and manga series ''[[Sarutobi Ecchan]]''.
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He is the titular character of the films ''[[Samurai Spy|Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke]]'' (known in the west as ''Samurai Spy''), ''Sânada Daisûke to Sarutobi Sasuke'', ''Sarutobi no Ninjutsu'', as well as of several other movies simply named ''Sarutobi Sasuke'' in 1918, 1919, 1922, 1966 (the last one also known as ''Ninja Spy'');<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Sarutobi+Sasuke&x=0&y=0 IMDB search for the "Sarutobi Sasuke" titles]</ref> another such film is ''Sarutobi Sasuke Senjogadake no Himatsuri''.<ref>[http://vintageninja.net/?p=3034 Shoulda known it'd end up being SASUKE - Vintage Ninja]</ref> [[Toei Animation]]'s second full-length movie was ''[[Magic Boy (film)|Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke]]'', dealing with Sasuke's childhood, which was followed by a TV series. This film was also the first time when both Sasuke and [[anime]] were introduced to the western audience (in 1961 as ''Magic Boy''), although all the references to him being a ninja were removed in the English-language version. He is also the titular character of an anime series ''[[Manga Sarutobi Sasuke]]'', where he is portrayed as a young ninja, as he is in the manga series ''I am Sarutobi!'' by the "father of the modern manga" [[Osamu Tezuka]],<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=9719 I am Sarutobi! (manga) - Anime News Network]</ref> and of ''Sarutobi Sasuke'', one of the more famous gag manga by [[Shigeru Sugiura]].


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The very name Sasuke became something of a default ninja [[moniker]]: the sports entertainment show known in the other countries as ''Ninja Warrior'' is titled ''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Sasuke]]'' in the original Japanese version, while [[Great Sasuke]] is stage name of the Japanese professional wrestler Masanori Murakawa. Various ninja characters by the name of either Sasuke or Sarutobi appear in the anime series ''[[Gin Tama]]'' and ''[[Ranma 1/2]]'', the video games ''[[Captain Commando]]'',<ref>[http://capcomdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Commando Captain Commando - Capcom Database Wiki]</ref> ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'',<ref>[http://square.wikia.com/wiki/Sasuke Sasuke - Square Wiki]</ref> ''[[Gotcha Force]]'', ''[[Kessen]]'' (a [[female ninja]]<ref>[http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Sanada#Sanada_Ten_Braves Sanada - The Koei Wiki]</ref>), ''[[Ninja Master's -Haoh-Ninpo-Cho-‎]]'' (where he is the progaonist),<ref>[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Sasuke Sasuke - SNK Wiki]</ref> ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' and ''[[Suikoden II]]'',<ref>[http://suikoden.wikia.com/wiki/Sasuke Sasuke - Suikoden Wikia]</ref> in the ''[[Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' video game series (a robot ninja), and in the trading card game ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.<ref>[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ninja_Grandmaster_Sasuke Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke - Yu-Gi-Oh!]</ref> His legacy is also almost omnipresent in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Naruto]]'' in which several characters are named after him, including [[Sasuke Uchiha]], Asuma Sarutobi,<ref>[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Asuma_Sarutobi Asuma Sarutobi - Narutopedia]</ref> Hiruzen Sarutobi,<ref>[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiruzen_Sarutobi Hiruzen Sarutobi]</ref> Konohamaru Sarutobi,<ref>[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konohamaru_Sarutobi Konohamaru Sarutobi - Narutopedia]</ref> and a character actually named Sasuke Sarutobi (Hiruzen Sarutobi's father).<ref>[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sasuke_Sarutobi Sasuke Sarutobi - Narutopedia]</ref> In the parody series ''[[Ninja Nonsense]]'' all of the male ninja are named Sasuke.
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Sarutobi Sasuke is a character in the anime and manga series ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'', in which he serves Sanada Yukimura as the leader of the Ten Braves - the same role he has in the manga ''BRAVE10'' and in the film ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!]]''. He also appeared in the historical anime and manga ''[[Shura no Mon]]'' (serving Sanada Tsubura), in the [[taiga drama]] series ''[[Tenchijin]]'', in the anime ''Sanada Ten Braves'' and in the film ''[[Goemon (film)|Goemon]]''. In the video games ''[[Devil Kings|Sengoku Basara]]'' and ''[[Sengoku Basara 2]]'' (and [[Sengoku Basara (anime)|the anime]] based on them), he is portrayed as a laid-back but cunning ninja. In the film ''Shogun Assassins'' (''Sanada Yukimura no Bouryaku'') Sasuke is even treated as an literal, [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphized]] monkey ninja.<ref>[http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-samuraispy.html Wild Realm Reviews: Samurai Spy]</ref> In the [[Super Sentai]] series ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'', the main character [[Kakurangers#Sasuke|Sasuke]] is a direct descendant of Sarutobi Sasuke, as it is in the case of Ecchan in the manga and manga series ''[[Sarutobi Ecchan]]''.

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Ninja characters by the name of Sasuke or Sarutobi appear in the anime series ''[[Gin Tama]]'' and ''[[Ranma 1/2]]'', the video games ''[[Captain Commando]]'', ''[[Gotcha Force]]'', ''Ninja Boy Sasuke'', ''[[Ninja Master's -Haoh-Ninpo-Cho-‎]]'', ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' and ''[[Suikoden II]]'', the ''[[Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' video game series, and in the trading card game ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.<ref>[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ninja_Grandmaster_Sasuke Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke - Yu-Gi-Oh!]</ref> His legacy is also almost omnipresent in the anime and manga franchise ''[[Naruto]]'' in which several characters are named after him, including [[Sasuke Uchiha]], Asuma Sarutobi and Hiruzen Sarutobi the third Hokage, Konohamaru Sarutobi, and Sasuke Sarutobi as Hiruzen Sarutobi's father. In the parody series ''[[Ninja Nonsense]]'', all of the male ninja are named Sasuke.

The sports entertainment shown known in the west as ''Ninja Warrior'' is titled ''[[Sasuke (TV series)|Sasuke]]'' in the original Japanese version, and [[Great Sasuke]] is stage name of the Japanese professional wrestler Masanori Murakawa.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:59, 16 October 2010

Sarutobi Sasuke (猿飛佐助) was a famous legendary ninja in the Japanese folklore. He is generally believed to be an Meiji period fictional creation based on the historical ninja Kouzuki Sasuke (上月佐助), although some argue for his actual existence.

In folklore

Sarutobi, meaning 'monkey jump',[1] is written with two kanji; saru (猿) is the character for 'monkey', and tobi (飛) is the character for 'jump'. He was known for his monkey-like agility and quickness,[2] especially in trees. Many depictions portray him as having been orphaned and raised by a band of monkeys,[3] therefore giving rise to the monkey-like abilities.

Sasuke is commonly listed as the member/leader of Sanada Ten Braves, a legendary group of ten ninja that supposedly assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura at the battles of Osaka Castle during the final phases of the Japanese civil war, and he is by far the best known and most popular among them. When appearing with Kirigakure Saizō, one of his fellow Ten Braves, he is often thus contrasted with his best friend/arch-rival, who usually has an elegant, or at least clean-cut, appearance and magic-like ability. Sasuke is generally said to be a Kōga ninja, whereas Saizō is an Iga ninja. As such, when the two appear together, they are almost always depicted as arch-rivals and later, after being recruited to the Sanada cause, best friends. (This rivalry parallels the Iga-Kōga rivalry and the Hattori-Fūma rivalries in ninja fiction.) It is said he fell in battle against the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Siege of Osaka in the summer of 1615;[4] however there is no historical record of this.[5]

File:Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke poster.jpg
Poster for the groundbreaking anime film Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke (1959)

As Sarutobi Sasuke is most likely a fictional character created for popular consumption in the first place, he could be said to exist only within popular culture. Whatever the case, his image has been very influential in ninja fiction, in which he is usually portrayed as a young boy. The character was immortalized in contemporary Japanese culture by the popular Tachikawa Bunko (Pocket Books) children literature between 1911 and 1925,[6][7] as well as in Sarutobi Sasuke, one of the more famous gag manga by Shigeru Sugiura from the 1930s (followed by Shonen Jiraiya in the 1950s).[8]

He is the titular character of the films such as Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke (known in the west as Samurai Spy), Sânada Daisûke to Sarutobi Sasuke, Sarutobi no Ninjutsu and Sarutobi Sasuke Senjogadake no Himatsuri,[9] as well as of several other movies simply named Sarutobi Sasuke in 1918, 1919, 1922, 1966 (the last one also known as Ninja Spy).[10] Toei Animation's second full-length movie was Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke, dealing with Sasuke's childhood, which was followed by a TV series. This film was also the first time when both Sasuke and anime were introduced to the western audience (in 1961 as Magic Boy), although all the references to him being a ninja were removed in the English-language version. He is also the titular character of an anime series Manga Sarutobi Sasuke, of the video game Ninja Boy Sasuke, and of Sampei Shirato's 1962 manga, as well as of the manga series I am Sarutobi! by the "father of the modern manga" Osamu Tezuka two years earlier.[11]

The adult Sarutobi Sasuke is a character in the anime and manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo, in which he serves Sanada Yukimura as the leader of the Ten Braves - the same role he has in the manga BRAVE10 and in the film Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!. Sasuke also appeared in the historical anime and manga Shura no Mon (serving Sanada Tsubura), in the taiga drama series Tenchijin, in the anime Sanada Ten Braves and in the film Goemon. In the video games Sengoku Basara and Sengoku Basara 2 (and the anime based on them), he is portrayed as a laid-back but cunning ninja, aiding Yukimura.[12] In the film Shogun Assassins (Sanada Yukimura no Bouryaku) Sasuke is even treated as an literal, anthropomorphized monkey ninja.[13] In the Super Sentai series Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, the main character Sasuke is a direct descendant of Sarutobi Sasuke, as it is in the case of Ecchan in the manga and manga series Sarutobi Ecchan.

The very name Sasuke became something of a default ninja moniker: the sports entertainment show known in the other countries as Ninja Warrior is titled Sasuke in the original Japanese version, while Great Sasuke is stage name of the Japanese professional wrestler Masanori Murakawa. Various ninja characters by the name of either Sasuke or Sarutobi appear in the anime series Gin Tama and Ranma 1/2, the video games Captain Commando,[14] Ehrgeiz,[15] Gotcha Force, Kessen (a female ninja[16]), Ninja Master's -Haoh-Ninpo-Cho-‎ (where he is the progaonist),[17] Samurai Warriors and Suikoden II,[18] in the Legend of the Mystical Ninja video game series (a robot ninja), and in the trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh!.[19] His legacy is also almost omnipresent in the anime and manga franchise Naruto in which several characters are named after him, including Sasuke Uchiha, Asuma Sarutobi,[20] Hiruzen Sarutobi,[21] Konohamaru Sarutobi,[22] and a character actually named Sasuke Sarutobi (Hiruzen Sarutobi's father).[23] In the parody series Ninja Nonsense all of the male ninja are named Sasuke.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sarutobi Sasuke, One of The Legendary Ten | Way Of Ninja
  2. ^ Donn F. Draeger, Ninjutsu: The Art of Invisibility, Tuttle Publishing, 2008 (p.104-105)
  3. ^ Template:Jp icon 真田十勇士 - 猿飛佐助
  4. ^ Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Sarutobi Sasuke
  5. ^ Alain Silver, The Samurai Film, Overlook Press, 2005
  6. ^ A primer on the history of “NINJA” - Vintage Ninja
  7. ^ Joel Levy, Ninja: The Shadow Warrior, Sterling Publishing Company, 2008 (p.178)
  8. ^ Manga's reach is long, The Japan Times, March 20, 2009
  9. ^ Shoulda known it'd end up being SASUKE - Vintage Ninja
  10. ^ IMDB search for the "Sarutobi Sasuke" titles
  11. ^ I am Sarutobi! (manga) - Anime News Network
  12. ^ Sarutobi Sasuke - Sengoku BASARA Wiki
  13. ^ Wild Realm Reviews: Samurai Spy
  14. ^ Captain Commando - Capcom Database Wiki
  15. ^ Sasuke - Square Wiki
  16. ^ Sanada - The Koei Wiki
  17. ^ Sasuke - SNK Wiki
  18. ^ Sasuke - Suikoden Wikia
  19. ^ Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke - Yu-Gi-Oh!
  20. ^ Asuma Sarutobi - Narutopedia
  21. ^ Hiruzen Sarutobi
  22. ^ Konohamaru Sarutobi - Narutopedia
  23. ^ Sasuke Sarutobi - Narutopedia
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