Tom Holland
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Appearances Over Time
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Yeah, exactly.
He's the front runner at this stage.
God, I mean, imagine if they let Michael Foote as leader of the Labour Party.
That would be mad.
They'd never do that, surely.
And so they fought, now closing, now breaking.
What shall Benkei do?
For when he thinks that he has conquered, with his little sword, the boy thrusts the blow aside.
Again and again, Benkei strikes.
Again and again, his blows are parried, till at last even he, mighty Benkei, can do battle no longer.
So that's a scene from the Japanese Noh play, if you like Noh theatre.
It's called Benkei on the Bridge, and it was written in the 15th century.
And it describes perhaps the most celebrated fight in the entire history of the samurai.
So the British Museum right now, there are three different illustrations of this tremendous encounter.
Tom, you love the story of Benkei on the Bridge, don't you?
I do.
Those sort of Zen gardens of a lot of gravel.
He could be raking his Zen garden.