Hiyoshi Yasukiyo
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Japanese
Hiyoshi Yasukiyo is the fifteenth-century author of the play Benkei on the Bridge, about the warrior monk Benkei, who fights the famous Ushiwaka (born Minamoto Yoshitsune) on the Gojo bridge in Kyoto. Benkei becomes his loyal retainer, and in The Subscription List he fights for this lord.