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Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経, c. 1159 – June 15, 1189) was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles that toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan, helping his half-brother Yoritomo consolidate power.
Benkei armed himself with seven weapons, and is often depicted carrying these on his back. In addition to his sword, he carried a broad axe (), a rake (), a sickle (nagigama), a wooden mallet (hizuchi), a saw (), an iron staff (), and a Japanese glaive ().
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune was one of the most important samurai warriors living at the end of the Heian era in 12th century Japan. He led his warriors to victory over the Taira for his half brother Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei wars, and helped to bring about the creation of Japan's first bakufu, or tent government in Kamakura, just south of the little-known fishing village of Edo on the ...
A travelling monk is offered shelter by another, on condition that he prays for an anonymous soul buried by a pine-tree. [3] The traveller is surprised to see a large pike hanging on the cottage wall; and the other uncovers his past as a robber, before vanishing, thereby revealing to the priest that "It was under the shadow of a pine-tree that he had rested".
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The Nihon Ryōiki, shortened from the full title Nihonkoku Genpō Zen'aku Ryōiki (A Chronicle of Wondrous Tales of Good and Evil in Japan), is a collection of setsuwa tales focused entirely on Buddhist themes, and is the oldest known collection of Buddhist legends in the setsuwa style.
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