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The tales of the Heike / translated by Burton Watson ; edited, with an introduction, by Haruo Shirane.
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- Book
- Series:
- Translations from the Asian classics
- Standardized Title:
- Heike monogatari. English. Selections.
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Taira family--Fiction.
- Taira family.
- History.
- Japan--History--Gempei Wars, 1180-1185--Fiction.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, The Tales of the Heike chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. Featuring a vivid cast of characters, the book depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai and recounts in absorbing detail the chaos of the battlefield, the intrigue of the imperial court, and the gradual loss of courtly tradition. This new, abridged translation presents the work's most gripping episodes and includes woodblock illustrations, a glossary of characters, and an extended bibliography.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- book 1: The bells of Gion Monastery ; Night attack at Courtiers' Hall ; The sea bass ; Page-boy cuts ; Kiyomori's flowering fortunes ; Giō
- book 2: The admonition ; Signal fires ; The death of the senior counselor ; Yasuyori's prayer
- book 3: The pardon ; The foot-drumming ; Ariō ; The death of Shunkan
- book 4: The battle at the bridge
- book 5: The burning of Nara
- book 6: The death of Kiyomori
- book 7: Sanemori ; Tadanori leaves the capital ; The flight from Fukuhara
- book 8 [summary]
- book 9: The death of Lord Kiso ; The old horse ; The attack from the cliff ; The death of Tadanori ; The capture of Shigehira ; The death of Atsumori
- book 10: Regarding the precepts ; Senju-no-mae ; Yokobue ; Koremori becomes a monk ; Koremori drowns himself
- book 11: The death of Tsuginobu ; Nasu no Yoichi ; The lost bow ; The cockfights and the battle of Dan-no-ura ; Far-flying arrows ; The drowning of the former emperor
- book 12: The execution of Rokudai
- The initiates' book: The imperial lady becomes a nun ; The move to Ōhara ; The retired emperor visits Ōhara ; The six paths of existence ; The death of the imperial lady
- Glossary of characters.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 614995312
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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