Benkei on the Bridge (橋弁慶, Hashi Benkei) is a Japanese Noh play from the 15th century, by Hiyoshi Sa-ami Yasukiyo. The play centres around the encounter...
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Musashibō Benkei (西塔武蔵坊弁慶, 1155–1189), popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) who lived in the latter years of the Heian...
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Funa Benkei is a Japanese Noh play written by Kanze Kojirô Nobumitsu, eventually adapted to Kabuki by Kawatake Mokuami in 1885. It was staged for the first...
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Gojō Bridge, located to the north, was known as the site of Minamoto no Yoshitsune's encounter and subsequent duel with Benkei. A sculpture near the current...
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around the land, and challenges Benkei him to a duel in the bridge. Finding Tetsukichi alive among the corpses of Asagiri and Tankai's warriors, Benkei asks...
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Kamo River (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
mainstream. The encounter between Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Benkei at Gojō Bridge (not the present one, but presumably Matsubara Bridge) over the river is...
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This, with the play itself, was used as the basis for a painting by Gekkei (Matsumura Goshun). Benkei on the Bridge Hogen disturbance Daiji Maruoka Noh 1974...
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above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay: Benkei". Yoshitoshi: An online exhibition. Retrieved 22 November 2021. Tjardes, Tamara (2003). One Hundred Aspects of the Moon:...
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Benkei tai Ushiwaka (べんけい対ウシワカ, trans. Benkei and Ushiwaka) is a 1939 Japanese short anime film made by Kenzō Masaoka. It is based on the legendary encounter...
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Eboshi-ori (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
on the play as a study in personal reinvention so as to create an exhibition of masks. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eboshi-ori. Benkei on the...
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