Benkei Collection

Saito Oniwakamaru, c1827. Private Collection

Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Masashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1890. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Masashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1890

Gojo Bridge, an Episode from the Life of Yoshitsune, 1881. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Gojo Bridge, an Episode from the Life of Yoshitsune, 1881

Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, 10th month, 1889. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, 10th month, 1889. Series: New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Musashibo Benkei Battling with Young Ushiwaka on Gojo Bridge, 1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Musashibo Benkei Battling with Young Ushiwaka on Gojo Bridge, 1878. From A Mirror of Great Warriors of Japan

Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1887. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1887. From Lives of Modern People

Saito Oniwakamaru on a Carp, 1873. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Saito Oniwakamaru on a Carp, 1873. From Notes by Yoshitoshi

Actors as Otsu-e figures Fukurokuju and Benkei, c1850. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Actors as Otsu-e figures Fukurokuju and Benkei, c1850

Actor as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1879. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Actor as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1879. From News from the Kabuki Theater

Musashibo Benkei Fighting Nenoi Oyata, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Musashibo Benkei Fighting Nenoi Oyata, 1865. From Famous Fights between Brave Men

Portrait of Danjuro IX as Benkei in the Play Kanjincho, 1869. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Portrait of Danjuro IX as Benkei in the Play Kanjincho, 1869

Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, 1889. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, 1889. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Musashibo Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in the Play Horikawa...c. 1782. Creator: Shunsho
Musashibo Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in the Play Horikawa Youchi no Zu Uki-e Nimaitsuzuki, Japan, c. 1782

Cherry Well on the Benkei Moat outside Sakurada (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori sakura...c. 1843/47. Creator: Ando Hiroshige)
Cherry Well on the Benkei Moat outside Sakurada (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori sakura no i), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)", c. 1843/47

No. 9: Ushiwakamaru Defeats Musashibo Benkei at Gojo Bridge (Kyukai, Gojo no hashi... c. 1832/34)
No. 9: Ushiwakamaru Defeats Musashibo Benkei at Gojo Bridge (Kyukai, Gojo no hashi ni Ushiwakamaru Musashibo Benkei o fusu)

Benkei Moat from Soto-Sakurada to Kojimachi (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori Kojimachi)... 1856. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Benkei Moat from Soto-Sakurada to Kojimachi (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori Kojimachi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1856

Oniwaka and Carp; Taira no Koremochi and the Demon, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Oniwaka and Carp; Taira no Koremochi and the Demon, 1868. Series: Valor in China and Japan

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Musashibo Benkei, Sakata Shintaro (?) as Soga no Goro, and... 1744
The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Musashibo Benkei, Sakata Shintaro (?) as Soga no Goro, and Takigawa Kinya (?) as Soga no Juro in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji

Yoshitsune and Benkei at Ataka barrier, 1765. Creator: Ran-u
Yoshitsune and Benkei at Ataka barrier, 1765

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) defeats Benkei in a game of sugoroku, c. 1825

Ushiwakamaru and Benkei fighting on Gojo Bridge, c. 1767. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Ushiwakamaru and Benkei fighting on Gojo Bridge, c. 1767

The Wrestling Match (parody of Ushikawamaru and Benkei), c. 1767

The Young Yoshitsune defeats Benkei at Gojo Bridge, c. 1848. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Young Yoshitsune defeats Benkei at Gojo Bridge, c. 1848

The Escape of Yoshitsune, c1760-1800, (1910). Creator: Iwamoto Konkwan
The Escape of Yoshitsune, c1760-1800, (1910). Metal tsuba by Iwamoto Konkwan of Yoshitune and Benkei, and their lives of daring and heroic deeds. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G

Benkeis Heroic Strength: Playfully Dragging the Bell of Mii Temple up Mount Hiei, ca 1845. Private Collection

Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojo-no-hashi no zu, ca 1839. Creator: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1797-1861)
Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojo-no-hashi no zu (The fight between Yoshitsune and Benkei on the Gojo Bridge), ca 1839. Private Collection

No dance, Japan, 1904. The subject is Benkei and Yoshitsune. Saito Musashibo Benkei was a 12th century warrior monk who served Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a general of the Minamoto clan

Japenese Netsuke, The Two Heroes, Benkei and Yoshitune, 19th century. Musashibo Benkei (1155-1189), popularly called Benkei

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