218 pages
Japanese language
Published Oct. 28, 1979
the unknown authors of Heike monogatari: Heike monogatari (Japanese language, 1979)
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In late 12th Century Japan, one noble house (the Heike, or Taira, clan) attempts to sieze the throne, only to be defeated by another (the Minamoto clan).
This fictionalized oral history of the Genpei war became the foundation myth of the Kamakura shogunate. It stands as Japan's equivalent to the Illiad, or the Morte d'Arthur.
Subjects
- Taira family -- In literature.
- Heike monogatari
- Japan -- History -- Gempei Wars, 1180-1185 -- Literature and the war