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Topic: Minamoto Yoshitsune


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 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Minamoto Sanetomo (pg XXX), Minamoto Yoriie (pg XXX), Hōjō Family (pg XXX), Shōkyū War (pg XXX), Hōjō Tsunetoki (pg XXX), Hōjō Tokiyori (pg XXX)
Involved in the murder of the Korean queen in 1895.
Adachi Morinaga was a warrior who fought for Minamoto Yoritomo (pg XXX) against the Taira (pg XXX).
www.openhistory.org /jhdp/download/dev-current/encyclopedia/ejh.html   (4002 words)

  
 Titans Tower: Bushido
Tengu are renowned swordsmen and are said to have taught the military arts to the Minamoto hero Yoshitsune.
A group of tengu is headed by a chief, who is depicted with a prominent nose, angry and threatening expression, dressed in red robes and carrying a feather fan.
Sojobo is famous for teaching martial arts and strategy to Minamoto Yoshitsune on Mt. Kurama, north of Kyoto.
www.titanstower.com /source/whoswho/bushido.html   (1810 words)

  
 OsakaPrints.com (Glossary)
Genji: The Minamoto clan, which fought against the Heike (Taira) clan during the Genpei wars and eventually defeated them at the battle of Dannoura in western Honshû in 1185.
The chronicles of these wars and its hero, Minamoto Yoshitsune, were very popular subjects for ukiyo-e prints and ehon.
More specifically, the term jôruri derives from the medieval oral narrative Jôruri Gozen monogatari ("The Tale of Princess Jôruri"), which recounts a brief romance between the legendary Minamoto no Yoshitsune and a young woman who rescues him during an illness and reveals that she is the incarnation of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Healing.
www.osakaprints.com /content/information/glossary.htm   (8847 words)

  
 ONOE KIKUGORÔ VII
January 1964: Ushinosuke plays at the Tôyoko Hall the roles of Soga Jûrô and Yoshitsune in the dramas "Kotobuki Soga no Taimen" and "Kanjinchô".
October 1965: Kikunosuke takes part in the first Kabuki tour in Western Europe; he plays the roles of Rikiya and a butterfly in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" and the dance "Kagami Jishi" [casting].
June 1986: Kikugorô plays for the first time the role of Igami no Gonta in the "Sushiya" scene of the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura", which is staged at the Kabukiza.
www.kabuki21.com /kikugoro7.php   (1322 words)

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