Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . at him. Who areyou? he demanded. Why do you intrude on myprivacy ; and why do you laugh at me? Thus he stoodgrasping firmly his slender weapon. The stranger bowedrespectfully, and smiled a little at the threatening attitudeof the youth. Nay, be not angry, he answered. Iam a pilgrim monk, an enemy of the Taira, and engagedin going around the country to arouse the Minamoto bushifrom their lethargy. I know you
Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . at him. Who areyou? he demanded. Why do you intrude on myprivacy ; and why do you laugh at me? Thus he stoodgrasping firmly his slender weapon. The stranger bowedrespectfully, and smiled a little at the threatening attitudeof the youth. Nay, be not angry, he answered. Iam a pilgrim monk, an enemy of the Taira, and engagedin going around the country to arouse the Minamoto bushifrom their lethargy. I know your illustrious lineage andmuch regret that there is no one to teach you , however, can surpass me in its practice, and I willgladly show you all my knowledge of the art. Ushiwakawas greatly delighted. His first lesson showed him how * 2450 acres. t If this seems hard to believe the pilgrim can go and see the are some pretty stiff tales in this veracious history for thetwentieth century western reader to swallow, but his intelligence canbe trusted to sift out the miraculous, and to rest assured that the restis as well grounded on fact as most Japanese— USHIWAKA AT SOJO-GA-TANI. USHIWAKA-MARU AT KURAMA-YAMA. 275 little hereally knew. But he was earnest to learn, andthe yamabushi eager to teach. For one hundred nights,every night rain or shine, Ushiwaka made his way throughthe solitary wood to the rendezvous. At the end of thatperiod his teacher confessed the youth to be his equal inskill, and more active through his youth. Ushiwaka could jump over a vale and up a high cliff just as if hewere a butterfly flitting up and down in a garden. Bythrowing his sword at it he could kill a bird on the a stone he could kill a beast running for its life, andhe never missed his mark. Moreover he understood allthe secrets and laws of movement and transformation.*It was with joy the yamabiishi took his leave. Now Ican tell the buslii of the Genji that a
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