| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Series |
Translations from the Asian classics
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Translations from the Asian classics.
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| Note |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- book 1: The bells of Gion Monastery ; Night attack at Courtiers' Hall ; The sea bass ; Page-boy cuts ; Kiyomori's flowering fortunes ; Gio -- book 2: The admonition ; Signal fires ; The death of the senior counselor ; Yasuyori's prayer -- book 3: The pardon ; The foot-drumming ; Ario ; 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. |
| Language |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Taira family -- Fiction.
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Taira family -- Fiction. |
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Taira family. |
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Gempei Wars (Japan : 1180-1185) |
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Japan -- History -- Gempei Wars, 1180-1185 -- Fiction.
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| Chronological Term |
1180-1185 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Watson, Burton, 1925-
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Shirane, Haruo, 1951-
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| Added Title |
Heike monogatari. English. Selections.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Heike monogatari. English. Selections. Tales of the Heike. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005034245 |
| ISBN |
0231510837 (electronic) |
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9780231510837 (electronic) |
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0231138024 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780231138024 |
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9780231138031 |
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