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 . s an animal of supernatural powers, a demon, supposed tohaunt mountain pools and recesses. The tengu is a kindred spirit inhuman form with a wondrously long nose- I do not think there is anyphotograph of this fall on Bishamon-ga-take. But places of similarbeauty are numerous in Japan. Not far from this place, at Nachi, aresome celebrated water-falls. But for that matter Urami-ga-taki, orRyuzu-ga-taki in the
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 . s an animal of supernatural powers, a demon, supposed tohaunt mountain pools and recesses. The tengu is a kindred spirit inhuman form with a wondrously long nose- I do not think there is anyphotograph of this fall on Bishamon-ga-take. But places of similarbeauty are numerous in Japan. Not far from this place, at Nachi, aresome celebrated water-falls. But for that matter Urami-ga-taki, orRyuzu-ga-taki in the Nikko district are familiar to western travellers,and at Yumoto (Nikko) is that rather rare sight, a genuine water-slide,Yu-no-taki. Mr. Shinshinsai thinks the story of OHaya all the moreprobable on account of this legend of the carp. Haya is a small fish,a favourite victim of the carp. But in this he rather has the cartbefore the horse. The play on words is more likely to have given riseto the story of OHaya and the carp than vice versa. But there areother reasons given in the note (A). lam disposed to admit, however,that in any case we cannot take all of Benkeis early history too. SHINI UTSU-MARU and THE GIANT CARP (KOI NUSHI ) THE STORY OF oHAYA. 195 seriously. Perhaps in the vigorous attempt of the carp to escape wehave of such super-natural beings disappearing at dawn. ^ Itwould seem that it could readily have drowned Shinbutsu by plungingto the depths of the pool. However, a tengu can be as easily seen ormet by day as night—in Japanese legend. CHAPTER II. SHINBUTSU-MARU, THE YOUTHTHE MAIDEN, TAMAMUSHI. For indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable wordsAnd courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. (Idylls of the King.) There was little cause for anxiety about Shinbutsu; evenif there had been anyo
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