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Mythology & Epic
The Tale of the Heike "Heike monogatari"
Anonymous tradition; Royall Tyler (translator)
Japanese martial epic about the fall of the Heike and the rise of the Genji.
Purchase Book- Subject matter
- Genpei War; impermanence; warriors; oral epic
- Culture / tradition
- Japan; samurai and Buddhist traditions
- Publication / composition
- Medieval Japan; major text forms in 13th–14th centuries
- Edition publication year
- 2012
- Historical figures
- Not specified
- Historical timeframe
- Medieval Era (500–1500 CE) · 1180 CE – 1185 CE
Approximate main subject period; carried forward from the earlier timeline guide.