533 pages
Japanese language
Published Oct. 28, 1982 by Shōgaku Tosho, Hatsubai, Shōgakkan.
the unknown authors of Heike monogatari: Heike monogatari (Japanese language, 1982, Shōgaku Tosho, Hatsubai, Shōgakkan)
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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.
