The Tale of the Heike

The Take of Heike in Treasure Hall, Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

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This conflict is also known in the Genpei War (1150-1185).^[3]

Translations

This long story has been translated into English at least five times, including

1818-1821 by Arthur Lindsay Sadler^[4]
1956 by Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu.^[5]
1975 by Hiroshi Kitagawa and Bruce Tsuchida^[6]
1988 by Helen McCullough^[7]
2012 by Royall Tyler^[8]

An abridged translation by Burton Watson was published in 2006.^[9]

The Tale Of The Heike Media

Detail of a screen painting depicting scenes from The Tales of Heike
Knife handle (kozuka) from matching seven-piece set of sword fittings with scenes from The Tale of Heike
"Kogō" and "The Imperial Procession to Ōhara"
Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185）

Related pages

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Heike monogatari" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 305.
↑ Nussbaum, "Heike" at p. 305.
↑ Nussbaum, "Gempei" at p. 304.
↑ Sadler, A.L. "The Heike Monogatari", Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. 46.2 (1918): 1–278 and 49.1 (1921): 1–354.
↑ Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1956). The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War, translated by Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; retrieved 2012-6-12.
↑ Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heiji. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press; retrieved 2012-6-12.
↑ McCullough, Helen. (1988). The Tale of the Heike. Stanford:Stanford University Press; see full-text online version Archived 2012-07-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-12.
↑ Tyler, Royal. (2012). The Tale of the Heike. New York: Viking; retrieved 2012-6-12.
↑ Watson, Burton. (2006). The Tales of the Heike. New York: Columbia University Press; retrieved 2012-6-12.

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Heike monogatari (in Japanese)
The Tale of the Heike (in English)

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Heike monogatari" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 305.

[2] Nussbaum, "Heike" at p. 305.

[3] Nussbaum, "Gempei" at p. 304.

[4] Sadler, A.L. "The Heike Monogatari", Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. 46.2 (1918): 1–278 and 49.1 (1921): 1–354.

[5] Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1956). The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War, translated by Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; retrieved 2012-6-12.

[6] Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heiji. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press; retrieved 2012-6-12.

[7] McCullough, Helen. (1988). The Tale of the Heike. Stanford:Stanford University Press; see full-text online version Archived 2012-07-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-12.

[8] Tyler, Royal. (2012). The Tale of the Heike. New York: Viking; retrieved 2012-6-12.

[9] Watson, Burton. (2006). The Tales of the Heike. New York: Columbia University Press; retrieved 2012-6-12.

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