Yashima : PhotoStory

An old fisherman accompanied by a young man appears before a traveling monk who is visiting Yashima Bay in Sanuki Province, once the site of a battle between the Genji and Heike clans.

The monk asks for a place to stay the night. The old fisherman refuses, but his attitude suddenly changes when he learns the monk has come from Kyoto.

In response to a request from the monk, the old man starts to relate the tale of the battle between the Genji and Heikie, going into the smallest details. Thinking there is something strange, the monk asks the old man his name.

Without giving his name, the old man vanishes. A villager appears and describes various aspects of the battle. He tells the monk that the old man　must be an incarnation of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Midnight at the bedside of the dreaming monk. The standing figure in armor and helmet is the ghost of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who fell in the bloody battle.

During the long-ago fighting, Yoshitsune dropped his bow and arrow, which floated away. With difficulty, in the presence of the enemy, he went back and recovered them.

Heading toward the bloody fighting, Yoshitsune showed the spirit of a warrior. A wise man without doubts, a brave man without fear, he put thoughts of his life aside for the sake of his reputation.

Who is the enemy in today's battle?

The old foe is Noto-no-kami Taira no Noritsune, whose skills Yoshitsune knows well.

In the evening battle on the ocean, the sword is drawn...

...and shines white in the moonlight.

After fighting the battle, as the dawn lights up the waves, the ghost disappears into the cry of the seagulls and the sound of the sea breeze.