Saito Musashi-Bo Benkei (Tales of the Wars of Gempei) Volume Two

by James S. De Benneville

1910

Library's review

Being the story of he lives and adventures of Iyo-no-kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-Bo Benkei the Warrior Monk

Contents

Part II Rising of the Genji
Chapter VII Yoritomo moves on the Taira
1 Kiyomori Jokai Nyudo (and Neko)
2 Yorimasa redivivus; The battle of Uji; The court removes to
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Rokuhara
3 Yoritomo procreates and cogitates in Izu
4 the Battle of Ishibashiyama; Yoroitomo, with a reservation, leaves selection to others
5 Politics local and general; the Battle of the Fujikawa; Military movements of 1181-1184 A.D.; The Taira leave Miyako
Chapter VIII Yoshitsune and Yoshinaka
1 The meeting of Yoritomo and Yoshitsune
2 Yoshinaka in Miyako; Diversions of Yoshinaka in Mayako; Diversions of Oshinaka; second Battle of the Ujikawa; yoshitusne at the Gosho; Death of Yoshinaka and Kanehira
Chapter IX the Battle of Ichi-no-tani
1 'Lo the dreamer comeh'
2 The Battle at Mikusayama; Benkei's torch
3 Benkei finds Washiwo Saburo
4 the capture of Ichi-no-tani
Chapter X-The Battle of Yashima
1 Noriyori muddles and the Hoo meddles
2 Kajiwara invents an oar for rowing backward; The quarrel with the Hangwan
3 the passage ot Shikoku; the Batttle of Katsuura Bay
4 The Battle of Yahima; yoichi Manetaka and the Lady Tamamushi; Moritsugi and Muneyuki; Death of Sato Tsuginobu
Chapter XI Dan-no-ra and its after-math
1 The Battle of Dan-no-ura
2 The Koshigoe-Jo (Letter from Koshigoe)
Part III Inter Fratres
Chapter XII Tosabo's venture; Shizuka-Gozen
1 Yoshitsune, Iyo-no-kami; Horikawa and Shizuke-gozen
2 Tosabo Shoshun speculates in cereals; The epic of Yada Genzo; Benkei embraces Tosabo Nyudo-twice
Chapter XIII Yoshitsune leaves Miyako
1 The Battle of teh Kawajirigawa
2 The Taira vengeance
3 the parting of Shizuka and Yoshitsune
4 Takanobu at Yoshino; 'Go-gan' Takanobu
Chapter XIV The Story of Shizuka
1 The sufferings of Shizuka
2 Shizuka dances the Horaku at Tsuru-ga-oka
3 De Produndis
Chapter XV The flight to Oshu
1 Wanderings in Yamato; Tajima-hoshi
2Tokugyo's exodus to Kamakura
3 The Ktanokata meets some yamabushi
Chapter XVI the misadventures of Yoshitsune
1 Marital difficulties of Otsu Jiro; Benkei outwits the guard of Sannoguchi barrier
2 Yoshitsune visits Heisenji; Meeting with Inouye Sayemon
Chapter XVII Benkei the priest
1 Benkei and Togashi Masahiro; The Ataka barrier
2 Shaku-no-Kisho (En-no-Shokaku); Bendei reads the Kwanjincho
3 Benkei beats Yoshitsune
Chapter XVIII Gathering shadows
1 Benkei and Yoshitsune; The ferry of Taka-no-hama, sugime's downfall; The purificatin and educatin of Gon-no-Kami Kamizuki; The storm of Noto
2 The Mogamigawa; Ill omened birth-rites
Chapter XIX Hic Jacet
1 Hidehira of Oshu; Benkei's epic
2 Yoritomo makes inquires, Hidehira hedges; In Memoriam; The Gembuku of the Sato
3 The hunt on Kitagamiyama; Hitachi-bo wanders; The battle of teh Yanagi-Gosho; Hic Jcet
Epilogue-Yasuhira reaps his sowing; Yoritomo distrubutes rewards; Yoshitsune and Yoritomo; Yoshitsune and benkei
Appendix A-Mongaku-Shonin and the Story of Kesa-Gozen
Appendix B-Yoritomo as Statesman
The Benkei Monogatari
Notes Chapter VII to Epilogue
Memoranda
Addenda
Sources of the contents
Map of Japan
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Publication

Self-published
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