and the shoguns nominally acted on the emperor’s behalf. During the Minamoto Shogunate the artisans’ and merchants’ guilds(za)first appeared, markets developed, and a unified monetary system was introduced. During the 1330’s the dynasty of the Ashikaga shoguns took the place of the shoguns ...
Minamoto Yoshitsune (1991) TV Movie | 242 min | Action Edit page Add to list Track During the late Heian era in Japan a famous duel took place between the warrior monk Musashibo Benkei and a slender young man of high rank named Shanao. This was the battle at Gojo Bridge, and while ...
Swearing allegiance to the superior swordsman, Benkei became his loyal vassal and accompanied the young man who went on to fame as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the general who defeated the Taira clan at the Battle of Dan no Ura thus leading the Genji over the Heike as the most powerful clan in ...
Swearing allegiance to the superior swordsman, Benkei became his loyal vassal and accompanied the young man who went on to fame as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the general who defeated the Taira clan at the Battle of Dan no Ura thus leading the Genji over the Heike as the most powerful clan in ...
Meanwhile, Noriyori had begun an attack on the forward Taira positions at Ikuta no Mori. While Doi began to trade blows with the Taira below, Yoshitsune called for a man who might know a way down to the rear of the castle and the monk Benkei furnished a guide. With the Taira’s ...
Yoshitsune, who was placed in a monastery near the capital atKyōto, where he trained to become a Buddhist priest. According tolegend, on a bridge near the monastery, Yoshitsune encountered Benkei, who challenged him to a sword match. Easily defeated by Yoshitsune, Benkei became a trusted ...