false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg 186643 1 <P> <I>The Tales of the Heike</I> 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. <I>The Tales of the Heike</I> focuses on the lives of both the samurai warriors who fought for two powerful twelfth-century Japanese clans-the Heike (Taira) and the Genji (Minamoto)-and the women with whom they were intimately connected.</P><P> <I>The Tales of the Heike</I> provides a dramatic window onto the emerging world of the medieval samurai and recounts in absorbing detail the chaos of the battlefield, the intrigue of the imperial court, and the gradual loss of a courtly tradition. The book is also highly religious and Buddhist in its orientation, taking up such issues as impermanence, karmic retribution, attachment, and renunciation, which dominated the Japanese imagination in the medieval period.</P><P>In this new, abridged translation, Burton Watson offers a gripping rendering of the work's most memorable episodes. Particular to this translation are the introduction by Haruo Shirane, the woodblock illustrations, a glossary of characters, and an extended bibliography.</P> 180417 2006 The Tales of the Heike (Translations from the Asian Classics) total:9|5:2|4:2|3:4|2:1|1:0| 9 32 10 4 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:07:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 16:08:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 4 0 false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 19:17:43 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 15:31:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 4 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 18:25:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 18:25:56 -0700 2009 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 2 0 false Thu Apr 17 12:32:17 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 12:33:28 -0700 2008 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 3 0 false Wed Nov 04 14:03:46 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 14:03:46 -0800 2009 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 0 0 false Thu Sep 03 17:43:38 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 17:43:38 -0700 2009 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 3 0 false Fri May 29 19:59:03 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 19:59:03 -0700 2009 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 5 0 false Sun May 10 00:01:16 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 00:01:16 -0700 2009 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 5 0 false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 19:06:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 10:08:35 -0700 2008 186643 0231138024 9780231138024 9 4 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535186m/186643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186643.The_Tales_of_the_Heike 3 0 false Sun Oct 21 09:38:06 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 09:38:13 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=186643