Talk:Saito Musashibō Benkei

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[edit] Fictional mentions and inspiration

Benkei probably served as one of the inspirations for Jebu in Robert Shea's Shike books. Trying to think how to word this before I add it to the article. --131.207.161.152 14:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Take all the mentions of Benkei and stick it in a new section, list-style, and label it "Benkei in fiction", or something like that. --maru (talk) contribs 16:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Representations of character

I'm hoping someone knowledgeable in drama and fiction happens to be watching this page... I'm curious about the way Benkei is represented in different tales. In Kanjincho, and a number of other places, he is seen as being quite clever, calm, and reserved. However, in Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, he is impetuous, violent, and not particularly observant, or it would seem cognizant, of the kinds of observances he, as a Buddhist monk, particularly one from Enryakuji, ought to be following. Any thoughts? Thanks. LordAmeth 20:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saito

Where does "Saito" (西塔) come from? It's not mentioned at all in the Japanese article. I'm curious about the source of this part of the name. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:26, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Just from looking at google there are about 100 000 hits for '武蔵坊弁慶' and 228 for '西塔武蔵坊弁慶' (several of these pages' main language not being Japanese, and so probably influenced by Wikipedia). While there's some Japanese evidence he was sometimes known as Saito Musashibo Benkei, it doesn't seem like this is how he's generally known.

--Rsm77 (talk) 19:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I regret that I don't have any overly definitive sources on me right now, but Saitô Musashibô Benkei is absolutely a very common name for him, indeed, as far as I am aware, the most common name when one is not abbreviating to simply Benkei. Which kanji are used to write it, I have no idea. LordAmeth (talk) 23:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)