| TITLE: |
The tales of the Heike / translated by Burton Watson ; edited, with an introduction, by Haruo Shirane. |
| AUTHOR: |
Heike monogatari. Selections. English. |
| SERIES: |
Translations from the Asian classics |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
vii, 216 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Translated from the Japanese. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-208). |
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Introduction -- book 1: The bells of Gion Monastery ; Night attack at Courtiers' Hall |
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The sea bass ; Page-boy cuts ; Kiyomori's flowering fortunes ; Gio¯ --book 2: |
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The admonition ; Signal fires ; The death of the senior counselor ; Yasuyori's prayer -- |
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book 3: The pardon ; The foot-drumming ; Ario¯ ; The death of Shunkan --book 4: The battle at the bridge -- |
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book 5: The burning of Nara --book 6: The death of Kiyomori --book 7: Sanemori ; Tadanori leaves the capital |
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The flight from Fukuhara -- book 8 [summary] -- |
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book 9: The death of Lord Kiso ; The old horse ; The attack from the cliff ; The death of Tadanori |
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The capture of Shigehira ; The death of Atsumori -- |
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book 10: Regarding the precepts ; Senju-no-mae ; Yokobue ; Koremori becomes a monk ; Koremori drowns himself |
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book 11:The death of Tsuginobu ; Nasu no Yoichi ; The lostbow ; The cockfights and the battle of Dan-no-ura ; Far-flying arrows |
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The drowning of the former emperor -book 12: The execution of Rokudai -The initiates' book: The imperial lady becomes a nun |
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The move to O¯hara ; The retired emperor visits O¯hara ; The six paths of existence |
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The death of the imperial lady -- Glossary of characters. |
| SUBJECT: |
Taira family --Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Japan --History--Genpei Wars, 1180-1185--Fiction. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Watson, Burton, 1925-2017. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Shirane, Haruo, 1951- |
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