I have always wanted a painting commissioned of Benkei, a famous hero in Japanese legend. He was a hulking figure and a bodyguard to a royal samurai. When another army tried to capture his samurai boss, he stood on a bridge and beat anyone who tried to approach him to death. Legend has it that everyone was afraid to go near him so they all stood back and fired arrows at him. The legend says he died standing. heres a modern recreation of him
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