The Tales of the Heike

Bys: Watson, Burton and Shirane, Haruo

The Tales of the Heike is one of the most influential works in Japanese literature and culture, remaining even today a crucial source for fiction, drama, and popular media. Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, it features a cast of vivid characters and chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike and changed the course of Japanese history. The Tales of the Heike focuses...

• Format: Turtleback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231510837
• ISBN13: 9780231510837
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher