Rashomon Quiz

Respond to these rapid questions in our Rashomon quiz and we will tell you which Rashomon character you are. Play it now.

Prologue[edit] The story starts in Kyoto during the Heian period. A woodcutter and a priest are sitting beneath the Rashmon city gate to keep dry during a rainstorm when a commoner joins them and they begin telling a disturbing tale about an assault and murder that occurred. Neither the woodcutter nor the priest comprehend how everyone involved could have given such disparate accounts of the same event, with all three persons implicated indicating that they, and they alone, committed the murder. The woodcutter says he discovered the body of a murdered samurai three days previously while looking for wood in the forest. He discovered a woman’s hat (belonging to the samurai’s wife), then a samurai cap (belonging to her husband), then cut rope (used to tie the husband), and finally an amulet. Finally, he found the samurai’s corpse and fled to alert the authorities. The priest claims to have seen the samurai going with his wife on the day of the murder. Both men were called to speak in court, where another witness presented a captured bandit who claimed to have followed the couple after coveting the woman and spotting them traveling through the woodland. The tale of the bandit[edit]

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Tajmaru, the bandit and notorious outlaw, claims he duped the samurai into accompanying him off the mountain path to inspect a cache of ancient swords he had found. He tied the samurai to a tree in a grove, then brought the samurai’s wife there with the purpose of assaulting her. She attempted to protect herself with a dagger at first, but was quickly overpowered and seduced by the bandit. The wife implored Tajmaru to duel her husband to death in order to save her from the guilt and humiliation of having two men know her dishonor. She pledged to follow the man who won their fight. Tajmaru respectfully released the samurai and dueled him. They battled fiercely and skillfully, with Tajmaru praising the samurai’s swordsmanship. Tajmaru eventually killed the samurai before realizing his wife had escaped. At the conclusion of his testimony, he is asked about the costly dagger used to defend the samurai’s wife. Tajmaru says he forgot about it after the fight and regrets leaving it behind, as the dagger’s pearl inlay made it extremely valuable. But you shouldn’t waste any more time and start this Rashomon quiz. According to the Commoner, males often lie, even to themselves, because they are weak. The tale of the wife[edit] The testimony of the wife reveals a different story. Tajmaru, she says, fled immediately after raping her. When he was gone, she cut her husband free from his bonds and begged him to pardon her. But he just stared at her, accusing her of the attack. She begs her spouse to kill her so she can be at peace and have her honor restored, but he continues to look at her with contempt. His disdain upset her so much that she fainted while standing over her husband, holding the dagger. When she awoke, her spouse was deceased, the dagger in his chest. She wandered through the woodland in shock until she came across a pond. She tried, but failed, to drown herself.

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According to the Commoner, women frequently use their emotions to conceal lies. Also, you will find out which character are you in this Rashomon quiz. The tale of the samurai[edit] Finally, the court hears the tale from the samurai’s point of view, as told through a medium. Tajmaru, the samurai says, asked his wife to live with him after the rape. To the Samurai’s chagrin, his wife approves the proposal but requests that Tajmaru first kill her husband. Tajmaru, disgusted by the Wife’s plea, grabbed her and gave the samurai the option of letting her go or killing her. This gesture almost enabled the samurai to forgive Tajmaru, according to the samurai. Tajmaru pursued the woman after she broke free. Tajmaru failed to apprehend her, gave up, and returned to release the samurai. Tajmaru apologized before leaving. The samurai, humiliated, killed himself with his wife’s blade. He later felt someone remove the dagger from his chest but couldn’t identify who it was. The Commoner observes that men frequently lie to safeguard their honor.

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The Story of the Woodcutter[edit] Also, you must try to play this Rashomon quiz. Back at Rashmon (after the trial, the decision is never disclosed), the woodcutter claims that all three tales are false and points out that the samurai was killed with a sword, not a dagger. Taking advantage of this admission, the Commoner convinces the woodcutter that he observed the assault and murder but declined the chance to testify because he did not want to get involved. According to the woodcutter, Tajmaru implored the samurai’s wife to marry him after the rape. Instead, she set her spouse free in the hopes that he would murder Tajmaru. The samurai, on the other hand, declined to fight, telling Tajmaru that he would not risk his life for a spoiled lady. Tajmaru breaks his promise to marry her and prepares to depart because the samurai no longer cares about her. The wife criticizes both men, calling them dishonorable cowards: Tajmaru for failing to fulfill his word to kill the samurai in order to have her, and the samurai for failing to kill Tajmaru in order to avenge his own honor (saying that a true man would fight Tajmaru and then demand she kill herself). The two men fight unwillingly, both obviously terrified, in a pitiful duel that bears no resemblance to what Tajmaru recounts in his testimony. Even the wife appears to be sorry for starting the fight. Tajmaru eventually triumphs by chance, and the samurai is killed while pitifully pleading for his life (and Tajmaru is disgusted at killing him). He tries to take the wife with him, but she refuses and escapes. Tajmaru limps away after taking the samurai’s blade. Epilogue[edit] The woodcutter, priest, and commoner are stopped at Rashmon gate by the sound of a crying baby. They discover an infant abandoned in a basket, wearing a kimono and wearing a protective amulet. The kimono and talisman are stolen by a commoner. The woodcutter confronts the commoner and tries to stop him from stealing from an orphaned child. The commoner overpowers the woodcutter and chastises him for being a hypocrite: the commoner accurately deduces that the woodcutter’s refusal to testify is because he stole the valuable dagger. The commoner exits Rashmon gate, explaining that all men are only driven by self-interest. Meanwhile, the priest is trying to calm the baby. The woodcutter tries to take the baby after the commoner has left. The priest recoils violently: his experiences at the trial and at Rashmon gate have shattered his trust in humanity. The woodcutter says that he plans to raise the child; he already has six children of his own. This revelation changes the story and motivations of the woodcutter, restoring the priest’s confidence in mankind. The rain stops and the clouds part, revealing the sun as the woodcutter prepares to depart with the child.

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