but , uh , i'm going to leave this thing on in case anything gets climactic . でも例の件は まだです クライマックスは また後で
the " heiji monogatari " describes a scene in which shigemori and yoshihira fought in single combat at the taikenmon gate , yoshihira driving shigemori back seven times in an area of the palace between the tachibana on the right and the cherry tree on the left , and meanwhile , yorimori was staging a fighting withdrawal , but when he came under danger of being overrun by his foes he furiously struck all around him with ' nukimaru ,' his famous and ancient sword; needless to say , this episode is considered to be a literary embellishment to create a stirring climactic scene . 『平治物語』では重盛と義平が待賢門で一騎打ちを繰り広げ、御所の右近の橘・左近の桜の間を7度も義平が重盛を追い回した、頼盛が退却中に敵に追いつかれそうになり重代の名刀「抜丸」で辛くも撃退した、というエピソードが出てくるがこれらは話を盛り上げるための創作と思われる。
