TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Burton
AU  - Shirane,Haruo
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The tales of the Heike
T2  - Translations from the Asian classics
AV  - PL790 .H42 2006eb
U1  - 895.6/32 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Taira family
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - Gempei Wars, 1180-1185
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Translated from the Japanese; Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208); Introduction -- book 1: The bells of Gion Monastery ; Night attack at Courtiers' Hall ; The sea bass ; Page-boy cuts ; Kiyomori's flowering fortunes ; Gi�o -- book 2: The admonition ; Signal fires ; The death of the senior counselor ; Yasuyori's prayer -- book 3: The pardon ; The foot-drumming ; Ari�o ; The death of Shunkan -- book 4: The battle at the bridge -- book 5: The burning of Nara -- book 6: The death of Kiyomori -- book 7: Sanemori ; Tadanori leaves the capital ; The flight from Fukuhara -- book 8 [summary] -- book 9: The death of Lord Kiso ; The old horse ; The attack from the cliff ; The death of Tadanori ; The capture of Shigehira ; The death of Atsumori -- book 10: Regarding the precepts ; Senju-no-mae ; Yokobue ; Koremori becomes a monk ; Koremori drowns himself -- book 11: The death of Tsuginobu ; Nasu no Yoichi ; The lost bow ; The cockfights and the battle of Dan-no-ura ; Far-flying arrows ; The drowning of the former emperor -- book 12: The execution of Rokudai -- The initiates' book: The imperial lady becomes a nun ; The move to �Ohara ; The retired emperor visits �Ohara ; The six paths of existence ; The death of the imperial lady -- Glossary of characters; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -