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Benkei

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Gender Male
Date of died June 15,1189
DiedHiraizumi
Iwate Prefecture
Japan
Full nameMusashibō Benkei
Job Monk
Warrior
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID555140
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Saitō Musashibō Benkei, popularly called Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period. Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue warrior. He later came to respect and serve the famous warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

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