Benkei's Heroic Strength: Playfully Dragging the Bell of Mii Temple up to Mt. Hiei 弁慶が勇力戯に三井寺の梵鐘を叡山へ引揚る図べんけいがゆうりきたわむれにみいでらのつりがねをえいざんへひきあげるず

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三井寺（長等山園城寺）は滋賀県大津市にある天台寺門宗の古寺。三井寺の鐘は平安時代に藤原秀郷が大ムカデ退治のお礼に琵琶湖の龍神からもらったという伝承があり、美しい音色の鐘として有名だった。本図は三井寺と比叡山延暦寺とが争った時に、比叡山の荒法師武蔵坊弁慶が、鐘を奪って比叡山に引きずり上げたという伝説を題材にしている。弁慶の怪力を遠くから見物しているのは牛若丸と家臣の御厩喜三太である。

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