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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.
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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 ().
Ryunosuke Hashino as young Yoshitsune (a.k.a. Ushiwakamaru) Munetaka Aoki as Benkei; Takashi Ukaji as Minamoto no Yorimasa; Kenichi Endō as Hōjō Tokimasa; Mayumi Tsukiyama as Maki no Kata; Anne as Hōjō Masako; Takuya Nakayama as Hōjō Yoshitoki; Takashi Tsukamoto as Tōkurō; Saki Fukuda as Yae, Yoritomo's first wife.
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".
The Tale of the Heike ' s origin cannot be reduced to a single creator. Like most epics (the work is an epic chronicle in prose rather than verse), it is the result of the conglomeration of differing versions passed down through an oral tradition by biwa-playing bards known as biwa hōshi.
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 ...
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...