18
Myōken Appears at the Someya
River with Taira no Yoshibumi
and Taira no Masakado
Aren’t
Yoshibumi-sama and
Masakado-sama going
to drown, wading into
the river like that?
This scene shows the time
when the two of them
fought against Lord
Yoshibumi’s older brother,
Kunika. The river is the
Someya River, which now
flows through Takasaki City
in Gunma Prefecture. But
worry not—our guardian
deity, Myōken-sama,
caused the waters to
recede and kept them safe.