Heike monogatari

Book • 1926

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Mentioned as an epic narrative that describes all the individual battles between the Minamoto and Taira clans.

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David Nathan

as a war chronicle that laid the foundation for the popular mythology of the Samurai.

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Aaron Manke

as the central medieval epic that shaped Yoshitsune's early legend and popular culture.

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Aaron Manke

as the tale of Heike, probably the most famous of the samurai war tales in Japanese history.

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